I found a photo on Pixabay (copyright free photo site) of a bird nest in a tea cup and loved the idea, so having all the stuff I set up my own still life. I added more twiggy stuff to the nest for interest. The twiggy stuff is actually some old plant material under one of my Siberian iris which worked perfect (yay for not cleaning it up last fall). The blue eggs are wooden so no worries that they were stolen from a robin nest.
Below are some photos of the actual still life I set up and then my working area. For correct proportions I use a view catcher, the gray cardboard cutout is my own created version of a view catcher. You see a little bit of the still life through the gray cardboard frame. The photo just gives you an idea of how it works, the view from the seated position was much different. Having a very small studio I like to work with a table top easel in order to give myself more table space. My plein air easel gets used in the studio too. Maybe I should have cleaned up my studio before taking the photo!
Deborah Ann Kirkeeide copyright
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