Robin Metalpoint
I snapped several pictures of this robin by the edge of a river, but the finished drawing looks rather otherworldly as though a robin would never be in that location. Metalpoint gives everything an otherworldly feeling.
Tag: art
Silverpoint Tree, Bird
It’s hard to photograph metalpoint as it reflects light. On the drawing above, I used a fiberglass stylus to erase highlights.
Oo-ka-lee!
Red-winged blackbirds are back and singing like crazy.
I snapped about a dozen pictures of this guy way up into the treetops. I cropped the three picture I liked the best that showed a progression and then simplified them when I sketched them first in pencil, then in ink.
Quick Charcoal Sketch
The migrating birds are back and busy at the feeders.