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    Should we or Shouldn’t we?

    Jul 26, 2019 3 minutes
    By Rhonwyn Rasmanis

    BEFORE YOU START

    bserve, sketch, photograph, practice and plan. Blue wrens are frequent visitors to my garden, but I will never be able to capture their characteristic skips and flutters on paper. Instead, I look for a story in my painting; an element of narrative or humour. Naming the painting also helps me to focus on composition. This pair will be sizing up a possible food source, perhaps a caterpillar to provide an extra boost of colour. The Jenny wren will be in control, a little in front of the cock bird. Shadows

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