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Video: Arctic fox face study in colored pencil
It's all about the fur
15 hrs ago • Val Webb
Book and sketchbook giveaway winners
The random selection software has done its work for this month’s giveaway:
Jan 14 • Val Webb
Printable: Meet the arctic fox
Thriving in extreme cold is just one of this creature's superpowers
Jan 12 • Val Webb
Some bird sketching basics
Helpful printables from my archives
Jan 9 • Val Webb
Coming up in January
Snow animals, phenology wheels, live workshop info and more
Jan 7 • Val Webb
Video: Drawing white pelicans
This big seabird isn't especially fond of the sea
Jan 6 • Val Webb
Edible Stones
400 years ago, potatoes were "unholy." Herbalist John Gerard set out to change that.
Jan 4 • Val Webb

December 2025

Printable: Winter visitor birds in pen and ink
Who do you see during the coldest months?
Dec 31, 2025 • Val Webb
A tiny sunrise hiker
Who walked down to the woods while we were still asleep?
Dec 28, 2025 • Val Webb
For Solstice: the Reindeer Mother in Gouache
Life and light on the longest night of the year
Dec 21, 2025 • Val Webb
Video: Brown pelican in layered colored pencil
This is a bird with quite a story to tell
Dec 19, 2025 • Val Webb
Bonus Printable: A deer is not just a deer
Drawing Rangifer tarandus
Dec 17, 2025 • Val Webb
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