A group of bullfinches is a bellowing, & this linocut shows a bellowing bellowing, singing loudly. I am making a series on the weird & wonderful terms of venery - the collective nouns for groups of animals (& other things). Some are evocative, some strange & obscure. This is the third in a series of such prints.

How could I resist a “bellowing” of bullfinches? We don’t actually have bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #termsOfVenery #birds #bullfinches #lettering #mastoArt

Happy solstice, everyone!

Here's some (mostly) watercolor bullfinches.

#bullfinch #bullfinches #watercolor #solstice

Frau Specht war grade wieder zu Besuch.

Und gestern Frau Amsel, ist aber nicht ganz so nahe gekommen.

Das Bild von Dompfaffs ist schon vom 25.

Und dann noch ein ganz puscheliger Vogel von heute.

#BalkonPick #Specht #Buntspecht #Amsel #Dompfaff #Dompfaffen #Gimpel #eichhornchen #BalconyLife #Woodpecker #GreatSpottedWoodpecker #Blackbird #Bullfinch #Bullfinches #Squirrel #RedSquirrel