Today is in honor of John James Audubon (1785-1851) as he was born on this very day a whopping 231 years ago in Les Cayes, in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). He […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
Written by Charlie O'Shields
Today we celebrate the annual Draw a Picture of a Bird Day! This day may happen once a year, but it is celebrated monthly by many fabulous artists on WordPress […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
The Wilson’s bird of paradise is a small, exotic bird that can only be found on Waigeo and Batanta islands in Indonesia. This colorful bird lives primarily in lowland rainforests but can […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
Since I’m Irish and its St. Patrick’s Day, I thought there should be some sort of shout out to it for today’s uncommon creature. But Ireland didn’t seem to have uncommon […]
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Today we have an unusual bird that is most frequently known as a secretary bird (suggested by Guest Doodlewasher, Kathrin Werner). The scientific name for this one is a sagittarius serpentarius, which translates […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields
It’s time again for Draw A Bird Day (hosted by Kerfe and Nina at Method Two Madness and originally championed by Laura at Create Art Everyday) so staying in my uncommon series, […]
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Today’s uncommon creature is a stinkbird, which is more formally known as a hoatzin (suggested by Guest Doodlewasher, Kathrin Werner). This unusual creature from the swamps in South America is about the size […]
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With precious little to choose from for this letter, we ended up with a quail. Well, to be more accurate, we ended up with a quail’s head as that’s all […]
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Since I’ve already doodlewashed a pig, penguin and panda, and a platypus doesn’t have much color, I opted for a puffin. Although I guess I could have gone for a […]
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The hands down most suggested bird was a Flamingo for today’s doodlewash and entry into Draw A Bird Day (hosted this month by Kerfe and Nina at Method Two Madness on […]
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These beautiful doodlewashes come to us from Jaimie Campbell in the San Joaquin Valley of California, where she lives with her husband, Evan, and their dogs. (follow her on Instagram and Twitter!) Jaimie grew up […]
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Hope everyone is having a wonderful Halloween! Well, we’ve come to the final piece in my collection for my October project and my Cabinet of Curiosities is now complete! I wanted to trying doodlewashing […]
Written by Charlie O'Shields