Birds of a Feather

We had another beautiful, warm day today. I think the temperature reached the high 60s. I know we were sitting out sketching without our coats. Yay!!! My friend, Suzala has been sketching the birds that are kept behind the Milleridge Inn in Jericho. We saw them when we were sketching the small out buildings last month and the peacocks came around the car. There are chickens, roosters, peacocks and peahens, and turkeys. They have structures for shelter but are pretty much free to roam around the property. There is a pig and a donkey but they are kept in their enclosure. Another friend took the train from Brooklyn and Suzala picked her up at the train station.

The birds are friendly but still wander off before you can sketch them fully. I started several of them and just waited until they returned. I did a sheet with a lot of them.

The turkey liked walking around with his feathers on display.

The peacocks were really so colorful.

I also tried out a magic pencil, those pencils that have all the colors swirling around the tips. 

Here are a few photos from our day.

Laura, Suzala and friends.

Turkeys 

This was a tiny puffball of a chicken.