Because I took my fuzzy photo and turned it into a nice crisp drawing!
Creative
Spotted sandpiper
When I got my Canon EOS M50 camera in January 2021, the first place I took it to take bird pictures was Maplewood Flats. Unfortunately, it was a gray, misty day, so I didn’t get a lot of great shots. I did get a photo of a spotted sandpiper, but it wasn’t very close. That photo serves as the basis for this bird drawing. I re-interpreted the log to something more stylized because why not?
A spotted towhee
This took longer to draw, not because I lavished extra detail on it, but because I screwed up. I sized the reference photo down way too small, so I ended up with a micro-sketch of an extremely tiny towhee. It did not scale up gracefully, being made of pixels and all, so I basically drew a proper-sized one over top of it. I didn’t really notice my goof-up until I had pretty much finished the original drawing.
But now I’ll know for next time!
Bushtit: The birbiest bird art
Eyes that pierce the soul, fluffy round bodies that are fluffy and round.
A male mallard duck
Mallards may be common, but when in full breeding colours, they are very pretty.
Blackbird
The outline is black!
Squirrel: The non-bird
For a change of pace, I used a squirrel as reference:
Horrible goose
A goose, with opinions.
A drawing of a ring-necked duck
I spent way more time than I should have trying to figure out what to do with the water. A simple, flat colour? Add ripples? Make it look semi-realistic? Bright? Dark? Medium? Hot pink?
In the end, I settled for a slightly layered look using darker blues and a flat paint brush.
A haiku to the weird lack of precipitation in September
NovemberSeptember Rain The days are sunny The rain appears like a ghost And then it is gone
The American coot
If I had tried to capture the feet of this magnificent birb in full detail, this drawing would have taken me 500 million hours. I also would have had nightmares about them for just as long.
Female cowbird
A female cowbird, just like the title says.
