Wading in

Posted on February 4, 2013 by
image of a pastel of a great blue heron

“Wading Bird” pastel bird. © Marie Marfia.

Here’s a wading bird. I think it’s a heron of some sort. He was industriously searching for tasty little fish to eat and hardly noticed me at all.

Available on Daily Paintworks.

About Marie Marfia

Once upon a time I went to a belly dancing class and promptly fell in love with my instructor and her students. As a result, I'm on a mission to complete 100 portraits of belly dancers using soft pastels. I am hoping that by the end of this project I'll have gained some mastery of pastels and of myself. Feel free to stop by and share my journey as I learn about pastels, art and the life of a daily painter.
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2 Responses to Wading in

  1. Anne Camille says:
    February 4, 2013 at 9:48 pm

    Beautiful drawing of a great blue heron. I think they are so intriguing. The ones where I live are very skittish, but the ones you see all over Florida seem to pay little attention to humans.

  2. Marie Marfia says:
    February 5, 2013 at 5:37 am

    Thanks for identifying it for me! It’s true, this guy was surrounded by people, but wasn’t bothered at all by it.

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