Flamingo Here Flamingo There!

 Ever Since My Teacher Miss Placed My Flamingo Art In College....

I Hadn't Attempted To Do Another One, Until Now!

    It's true! He said he lost it, but how does a teacher loose a students possession that she trusted him to keep safe. I worked hard on that flamingo and I got an A on the project, as I was hoping for, but where did it go? Talk about the tables being turned, did the dog eat it? Lol. 

     Ever since I've lost that piece, I've been wary of turning things in. I didn't realize it affected me so much until I found this picture from the 90's in a file. As I looked at the drawing, I asked myself, I need to get over it and draw a flamingo again. So I did.

Photo I Drew From
1990's at S.F. CA Zoo

Finale! Part 3 of New Flamingo Drawing!   

    I find flamingo's fascinating and weird. What I love about drawing is that it gives you a chance to really look and examine what you're drawing up close and personal. By that I mean, the shape of the neck,, the skin color of those twiggy legs and feet, the strange black, extraordinary beak that looks perfect for crushing things. 

    After watching them do their thing, observing their nature, I noticed how they love standing on one leg. So when I researched it a bit, evidently there is no proven explanation as to why they do this. The most frequent explanation is because they are conserving energy, which could be true, but there is no scientific evidence to prove it. Maybe it's something in the DNA that says this is the way we do it? One does it, so they all want to do it kind of mentality? Lol. If they're cold the logical thing would be to draw the leg up closer to the body and feathers for warmth, that's what I'd do if I were a flamingo. 🦩Ooooh, Halloween is just around the corner. I don't think I've ever seen a flamingo costume. Yes I found one.

   Florida is the state to find flamingo's in the U.S. I'd love to see them in the wild flying and being interdependent as they are. Birds don't try, they just are! I love all the birds, the weird ones especially. They are an unleashed symbol of hope!  Emily Dickinson once said about birds, "Hope is the thing with feathers."