OK, friends and dear wonderful teacher, Kate, 

 loved every quirky moment of this class. I even did a fairly good job on something I've not quite grasped in the past. I got basic shapes pretty much ok which is why I will feel victory over that basic skill which I can only credit to good examples given. 

So, that said, I started doing all those next step examples and tried to keep track of colors, codes and numbers. Simple arithmetic: Not my skill. I lost track. I moved forward too quickly. I kept seeing birds minus the quirk which might have been my greatest error. Also, I love birds, and I will try again to get to the pure quirk nature of these as I so merrily observed in other projects. Here's mine, and do keep in myind I started witgh good intentions but encountered some stumbles. Yes, we learn from those, I keep telling myself.

I'm a retired college writing teacher (explains my issue with numbering). I got some dismal writing over the years, but I always started my critique with what seemed good or correct and showed strength in the writing. 

I will now do that for myself with the middle-right bird.  This blob of "un-bird" I actually had to turn upside-down to use,. Here I see total basic shape, colors and quirk.

My big fellow up in. the corner fascinated me too much, and I painted it  iinto a corner. Same with the hummingbird. I tried to quirk them up. A struggle. The little bird in the middle looks more like ja caterpillar the rest of the birds want to eat. The green-headed bird at the top isn't showing a quirky baseball cap (Red Soc fan!) or the inked tail. I think I got to literal about bird qualities on Miss Pink and Miss Blue since I was compelled to do beaks, wings and tails. Not on-target for the assignment.... 

I'll spare you my long-winded, writerly exposition on other blunders. But I learned I can indeed do basic shapes!