FOLDER #4 - #14 through #24

FOLDER #4 - #14 through #24

A few more hummingbird tracings and studies, and then it's back to landscape drawings and sketches. Actually, with this posting it may be the last for awhile as I'm back writing, and attempting to put another book together. Actually, in the next few months I plan to work at making two books, another art book, and a book of my essays and poetry. But, who knows, Ive been known to get distracted so check back from time to time, and you just might find something interesting......

It should be noted that hummingbirds are highly territorial, very protective of their territory, so much so that I've watched two males battle it out to the death. The males establish a territory, attract a female, mate, and that's it. The male has nothing to do with the raising of his offspring, and as the season progresses leaves the area to a nesting female. As for the females, they can be equally protective of their territory. The pencil sketches, or studies above were used in a mixed media piece entitled "Pursuit", with a male chasing a female, chasing her away from his territory, despite the fact that she may be the parent of his offspring.

I've chosen to not provide captions for most of the studies as by this time they need little explanation. I made many studies, many paintings, most a compromise to my attempts at creativity, but then one has to survive. The following is a creative attempt, a large watercolour painting containing elements of the American Southwest. I've attempted to depict petroglyphs from Newspaper Rock, which I believe is in New Mexico, the orange coloured rocks, Indian Paintbrush, a flower attractive to hummingbirds, and a Broad-tailed Hummingbird. It's interesting in that all of the lesser pieces were long ago sold, but the more creative and narrative piece remains unsold, and hangs in our dining room for our enjoyment and to remind us of time well spent.

For those of you who may be interested, here's the link to my writing blog. Check it out, you might just be surprised....

https://mytimespentmusing.blogspot.com