Ringed Plover

On beginning this painting i loved working on it but began regretting one to many brush strokes around the eye that gave the juvenile bird a an evil facial expression rather than the naive and bright eyed appearance i love to look at in this species. This isn't to say i wasn't happy with the technique that i used and do intend to apply to future paintings that require detail. Although it didn't scan very well i hope you can see what i mean in the face.

Drawing Plans/Blueprints

These are a few sketches i did and always try to do prior to working on a final drawing of a bird. Not only does it help me to feel the bird but also helps me to plan the posture of the bird and the birds proportions. They are usually very rudimentary and gestural and suggest what the bird is rather than depicting its full feather topography. Its more of a shaped based and structural sketch! not a final piece in any respect

Western Bonelli's Warbler

(not an easy bird to draw in the slightest and i haven't even got close or don't think i will ever get close to doing this species justice...either way their stunning)





Thrush Nightingale



Eurasian Jay