I recently took an art class here in Tucson & one of the highlights was that we had live Sonoran Desert critters brought into the classroom for us to sketch! I usually like to take my time creating art, but making these quick gesture sketches of Quincy the Gambel’s Quail was fun! Read about it on my blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/quick-sketches-of-quincy-the-quail

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I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thanks for being willing to share it. I've been wanting to attempt to do some nature drawing and this post is encouraging. Plus, I just love these birds!

@LibraryFinch For anyone interested in nature drawing, I HIGHLY recommend John Muir Laws' website https://johnmuirlaws.com/ . In my opinion he's THE guru of nature journaling in the U.S. and he has tons of free how-to resources on his website including 100s (1000s?) of how-to videos.

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@paulaborchardt those are so lovely & lively :) sounds like a wonderful event - especially with Quincy & his glorious head bobble :D