Winter 2018

Table of Contents:

Editor's Column
(18,000 Different Varieties)
By Tom Huntington
    
Painting Notes: Gray Catbird
(That's no cat.)
By Jerry Poindexter
           
The Black-billed Magpie, Part Two
(Layers of washes take you beyond black and white.)
By Jean Minaudier
           
Hand-made Kingfisher, Part One
(Just remove everything that doesn’t look like a kingfisher...)
By Jeff Rechin
         
A Bird with Character, Part Three
(The bird needs a place to plant its feet. And feet.)
By Jerry Simchuk
          
A Ringed Teal Drake, Part Two
(How not to ruin a perfectly good teal with paint.) 
By Brad Snodgrass
 
Reference: Big Birds
(Ugly ducklings don’t turn into swans. Swans do.)
By Rick Burkman