Ink and Wash - Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.

Robin (SWP) Ink and Watercolour Wash

How to draw wing details - fast (John Muir laws)

Try a white colored pencil on dry watercolor for fast wing details. Bird wing feathers often have pale lines along the edges of the primaries and secondaries. Click on the first image to start a step-by-step slideshow demonstration to get this effect in seconds. Materials used: Sepia prismacolor pencil, White prismacolor pencil, watercolors (Daniel Smith).

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Birds: Learn to draw a variety of amazing birds step by step (How to Draw and Paint)

Another learn to draw book to try out.

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Walter Foster (15 Mar. 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600583407
• ISBN-13: 978-1600583407
• Product Dimensions: 26 x 0.3 x 34.9 cm

Birds are an intriguing subject for artists of all skill levels, and aspiring illustrators and bird enthusiasts alike will find creative inspiration and valuable drawing instruction in Drawing: Birds. This comprehensive book opens by introducing pencil artists to the essential drawing tools, including graphite pencils, erasers, paper, and other materials. Valuable information on the different types of drawing pencils and the strokes they produce, as well as suggestions for ways to handle the pencil establishes the content to follow, including how to render a variety of techniques, such as shading, stippling, hatching, crosshatching, and others. Aspiring artists will also discover helpful tips for creating composition, understanding and seeing value, transferring photo references, and taking artistic liberties. Professional artist and nature enthusiast, Maury Aaseng, offers simple, comprehensive instruction for drawing a range of lovely birds, as well as information for achieving accurate proportions, capturing motion, and building up form. Special attention is given to creating realistic textures, such as feathers, bark, nests, and water. With easy step-by-step projects that start with basic shapes and progress to detailed final drawings, artists will learn to draw many birds of a feather, from the common to the exotic. Artists will explore the sizes and shapes of birdlife, including a golden eagle, crane, finch, pelican, and more. Easy-to-follow instruction and art tips throughout make Drawing: Birds a complete guide for artists desiring to create realistic and detailed drawings of their flighty feathered friends. For the aspiring avian artist, Drawing Birds is a must-have art-instruction reference.

How to Draw and Paint Birds

I'm thinking of starting a journal, a nature journal so have looked for a few books on painting birds etc.
I have some Windsor and Newton water colours and some sketch pads and have been practicing, its been a while since I have done any sketches but now we are podding I think I may just have some time to do a bit more.

 

 

I will post some new examples up soon, there are a few old images here

Drawings and Watercolours

My attempt to record sightings with drawings and water colours. 

I'm quite happy better than I thought and it looks like a Kestrel so that's good.

This is one of a Heron on the Mersey;

 

Reed Bunting singing in the Hogweed.