Gorgeous shiny little hummingbirds. These shimmer like jewels.
Long-tailed Sylph
colored pencil drawing
California Osprey
One of my favorites from the year. This one just works. Great, powerful profile, such fun little feathers to draw, and I like the simple elegant composition.
I used the brush tip pens, which I completely fell in love with through this bird project. I also used colored pencil. Another proud California bird.
White Ibis
Not one of my best. And the scan completely washed him out. Later in the year, I learned how to adjust the scanner so that colored pencil and graphite didn’t get so washed out. But for this one, I guess I was still just letting it get washed out and shrugging my shoulders.
Painted Stork
Hey, old man bird.
Colored pencil on this one. The background is pretty busy, and this one didn’t work as well as others with the re-purposed drawing. But it’s OK. I think his wary eye saves it. Like he’s wondering why that skeleton man is going to touch him. Oh no, skeleton man. You will not touch me.
claire meyler 