ARTISTS WANTED

Volunteer artists are required to help draw/paint birds for the South West Bird Search Program manual.

I need a core group of 10-20 artists (from the Warrnambool-Koroit-Port Fairy area) who would be happy to donate their time to drawing/painting 4-5 birds each, that can be used in the SWBSP manual. Birds can be drawn or painted in colour but must be photo realistic.

Why not use photos you might ask ? Well, in my mind a good piece of art can show the eye more than a photo. Pictured against a simple background, the competant artist can weed out distractions that might fill a photo and capture the character of the bird and it's species.

Ideally birds should be done in A4 size, with the intention of including them full size and thumb size in the manual.

What I would like to imagine, is that we get enough interest and we can auction off all works (after they have been copied for the manual) and the funds raised can be put towards a local environmental project - such as revegetating a potential local bird hotspot or community reserve. Any other ideas will be gladly considered !

Please feel free to contact me if you would like to do a piece of art for the auction but not the manual. Any type of bird related visual artwork would be suitable for the auction - from modern art (picasso/dali ish birds) to conventional art to aboriginal art. Any style. Your choice.

To contact me please call me (Richard) on 0458 268 119 or email me at swbirdsearch@gmail.com .