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What a Canada Goose taught me.

What a Canada Goose taught me.

Around 1985 I spent a short period trying to improve my skill in watercolor painting (before life got in the way again!).   It was during this time that I painted this Canada Goose defending her eggs. I remember being very pleased with this painting for two reason. It...

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Drawing with a ball point pen.

Drawing with a ball point pen.

I am rather a fan of drawing with a ball point pen (biro).  I tend to use a black pen, but as this picture shows, it can also be effective to use different colours.  For me, biro's produce a fairly harsh, but well defined line, and are great for sketching.  As you can...

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