Sketchbook
I found this bird in our side yard, abandoned and disoriented. I was not sure what type it was until I called like a mourning dove, and it began to peep in response. We kept it until it was mature enough to be free.
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“Book” refers to a mushroom identification book, which you should have on hand when mushroom hunting. Never taste a mushroom until you have proved beyond a doubt that it is nonpoisonous.
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Concept drawing for reading program: Out of the Pages, Into the Woods
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Two sketchbook entries: When I sketch a concept for only myself, it’s usually crude, just enough to capture the idea. For the finished drawing, I referred to a curled leaf I found in the woods. This drawing also appears on my website title page.
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“Every artist cuts off his ear and nails it to the outside of the door for others to shout into.”—Katherine Mansfield
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Ravel’s Menuet sur le nom D’Haydn, played on our baby grand by Steve Fong.
This favorite piano piece of mine uses Haydn’s name as a five-note motif.
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