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Birds Calendar

A self-initiated watercolor project: twelve birds, one for each month of a wall calendar, from a blue jay in January to an owl in December. Each calendar page is shown next to the original watercolor it’s based on. Below: photos and a short video of how the calendar was made.

January calendar page with a watercolor blue jayJanuaryOriginal watercolor painting of a blue jayBlue jayFebruary calendar page with a watercolor pheasantFebruaryWatercolor pheasantPheasantMarch calendar page with a watercolor goldfinchMarchWatercolor goldfinchGoldfinchApril calendar page with a watercolor swallowAprilWatercolor swallowSwallowMay calendar page with a watercolor blue titMayWatercolor blue titBlue titJune calendar page with a watercolor kingfisherJuneWatercolor kingfisherKingfisherJuly calendar page with a watercolor seagullJulyWatercolor seagullSeagullAugust calendar page with a watercolor nuthatchAugustWatercolor nuthatchNuthatchSeptember calendar page with a watercolor roosterSeptemberWatercolor roosterRoosterOctober calendar page with a watercolor ravenOctoberWatercolor ravenRavenNovember calendar page with a watercolor waxwingNovemberWatercolor waxwingWaxwingDecember calendar page with a watercolor owlDecemberWatercolor owlOwlBirds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 1Birds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 2Birds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 3Birds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 4Birds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 5Birds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 6Birds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 7Birds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 8Birds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 9Birds Calendar: original artwork and making of the calendar, photograph 10

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