Eurasian vulture. Really, really cool looking. I had a lot of fun with this one. I might have to draw this bird again from another angle.

I brought my bird-drawing supplies with me to Cancun, and drew each night before bed. This is the first of the Cancun birds. I have happy memories associated with these birds.

I see these birds often at Point Isobel. Pretty. I like the neck and body, but I am urked by how stiff the wing looks. Technically accurate, but emotionally dead.

I have been taping these up on the wall in my living room (I know, the Museum-trained expert in my brain says “tape is bad! Not conservationally-sound!. But the artist in my brain is lazy and doesn’t want to put holes in my wall.) Anyhow – sometimes I write on the tape. The tape above this one simply says “eh.”

Neat looking bird. I’m learning that the most fun birds to draw always have a bodily description in the name: *something* bill or *some other thing* beak… or anything “crested.”

I am glad that I found a bird to match this oddly marked piece of paper. At this point in the series, I am using pieces of paper that I tore from a four-foot-long drawing I did about ten years ago (in my undergrad.) While it’s rewarding to finally turn that terrible drawing into something worthwhile, it can be challenging to match birds to some of the more heavily marked squares.

My second attempt at this bird, and by far the more successful. I am loving this set of black and gray markers.

I’m quite pleased with the technique I used on this one. The line quality reminds me of some of the Shel Silverstein drawings and that makes me happy. Unfortunately, I’m learning that it’s hard to duplicate success with something as fickle as drawing.

South America has the most fabulously bizarre birds. This one has the head piece of a Vegas showgirl.