New assignment: Birds

This week's Sketchbook Skool teacher is Cathy Johnson, renowned for her sketches of wildlife and nature. So our first assignment was to observe birds in our yard or in our neighborhood, and try doing some sketches from life, or from original photos we took. Here is my first, a Great Blue Heron from Lake Balboa. These guys sit patiently by the water and wait…for a fish to swim by, or for a fisherman to carelessly leave his bait bucket uncovered and unattended!