Coming out of Hibernation
I know, right? It’s been over a month since I last put up a post. I’ve had the winter blahs- I’m doing work, but I haven’t been inclined to put it up. I took a week off work this week, and I have some stuff to show, like this little 6×6 of a black phoebe that I did yesterday. And I have a few more days to work on a few other things. I feel like I’ve been creatively hibernating through the winter, but it’s time to wake up and get cracking on some projects. Like these birds. There will be a bunch more birds like this.
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Wow! The detail is impressive. Are you trying to get a commission from the Audubon Society or something??
Srsly tho – it’s *really* good. Got any more?
As a matter of fact, I do! I’m sort of keeping the larger ones off the blog because I’m trying to put a show together with them.
Ahh, shows are good. Keep us posted on how that goes *hugs*
have you ever looked into illustrating textbooks? I read an article yesterday that says there’s big money in that…especially like medical textbooks, anatomy, that sort of thing…
Hi Hon,
I haven’t said anything about the drawing because every time I write to you it never gets there. Anyway I’ll try again; The bird is fantastic all the details are perfect. You must be spending a lot of time studying the bird and the rode bush branch it’s sitting on. The thorns are perfect and the rotate around the branch counterclockwise as you already have noticed. The extra turn-in that the bobs do is to grab you coming and going to protect the flower. I know the study it takes to do it right. Keep drawing and you’ll get better than you know.
Dad
D’aww, I have to admit I hadn’t realized that the twist is always counterclockwise…is that just in the northern hemisphere? I’m doing local birds, so for the purposes of these drawings it doesn’t matter, but I’m curious!
I’m watching a lot of birds through binocs to observe their behavior, and looking at a lot of photos for specific details- I’m trying to avoid drawing idle birds staring into space. My goal is to capture a little of their inner life in these still drawings, but it’s difficult because birds are very subtle animals.