Weddingbee

As some of you may recall, I’m drawing our table number cards to fit in with our bird theme. I haven’t numbered this set yet because I won’t be sure of how many tables we’ll need until we receive our RSVP’s, so some of the drawings that I’m not as fond of will go into a pile of misfit bird drawings that I won’t end up using. I drew the hummingbird at a friend’s house with different lighting than I’m used to, which I hadn’t really considered at the time. It’s much darker and not the same quality as the others, so it’s going to end up in the reject pile since I know I can do better.

Short-tailed Pygmy-tyrant, or as I like to call him, a cute little pudge muffin.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

For some reason, I couldn’t get the floral background to scan on this one…tis strange. It’s a Barred Fruiteater for those who are curious.

My ode to Mrs. Hummingbird came out way too dark and evil looking, so consider this my “before” shot and expect an “after” shot sometime this week!

I first came up with the idea to draw birds because I was thinking of subtle ways I could honor my grandparents who have passed. Some of my grandparents are harder to come up with ideas for than others, but this idea seemed so obvious since my grandpa was always painting and drawing birds. He had dozens of small bird paintings that he worked on up until he got too sick, some of which I have hanging in my bedroom. As a reference (since I’m not exactly an ornithologist), I’m using an illustrated animal encylopedia that he gave me when I was younger. I feel like this is my way of including him so my grandma will feel like there’s a little piece of him there in spirit with her.

Some of my grandpa’s bird paintings in our bedroom.

How are you including your loved ones who can’t be there on your wedding day?

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