Well, this is my second entry for the Draw-A-Bird Day that is on the 8th of every month. Clearly I don’t do well with deadlines! I chose a Western Grebe this month. The scene is sadly one I personally witnessed not long ago on the beach. I see multiple groups of volunteers regularly cleaning this stretch of beach, which is in a state reserve, bags full of trash – and yet more debris keeps coming every day. I decided to keep my theme of the major arcana – perhaps I will wind up with a tarot deck of Draw-A-Bird Day art! Drawing (colored pencil and pen on paper) and composition by me. If you’d like to see my first entry for Draw-A-Bird Day, click here. Ms. Laura of the fabulous Create Art Everyday blog is the curator of Draw-A-Bird Day, check it out and join in (even if you are chronically late like me).
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A “living” Tarot…an inspired idea Marcy. This is the most poignant Tower card I’ve ever seen. It evokes compassion in the best sense.
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Another great illustration! Also, I concur with others that incorporating birds with a Tarot card theme is a brilliant idea!
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Thank you so much! I hope to keep it up and get to a whole deck (or at least all the major arcana)!
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Love the idea of bird Tarot cards – and your Western Grebe.
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Thank you, Susi! It’s encouraging to hear folks think it’s a good idea to keep the series going! Thank you for your recent post on “writing and creative resources” – there were some gems in there!
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I will sign up for a copy of that Tarot deck! (K)
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Fantastic! You got it! (now I just have to keep up my schedule of design and production! 🙂 )
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I love it’s stretching neck and the stretching sea shore, as far as the eye can see.
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Thank you so much! They are such charismatic birds with those long necks!
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Beautiful subject matter
Love the color
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Thank you, Sheldon! There were times I was definitely wishing for a colored pencil called “beach sand” – but they don’t seem to make that one! 🙂
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Beautiful illustration despite the sad story. Very cool that you’ll have a tarot deck of birds. 🙂
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Thank you! It was hard to see the bird like that – it would sit with it’s leg out, but if anyone got close it would flap and frantically hobble away. So I don’t know what happened to it, but can guess, of course. I hope I persevere to make a whole deck!
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Birds singing
in the dark
—Rainy dawn.
Jack Kerouac
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Thank you, Matthias! This is a great haiku. A perfect pairing.
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Perfection!
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Thank you, Cindy! I appreciate it!
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This is beautiful Marcy! Thank you for posting it! 😄
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Thank you, Jill!
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Marcy, so poignant and lovely! It doesn’t matter one bit what day you participated; it’s just fun to keep the birdie love flowing around here! Thank you for joining us and for linking to my blog also. I really appreciate it! Happy Holidays to you!
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Thank you, Laura! Well, I have high ambitions of getting these drawings done on time – but such discipline does not seem to extend to my art! I am glad that late assignments are accepted 😉 It is always my pleasure to plug awesome blogs like yours. Happy Holidays to you too!
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