Chicken Couple
The background was painted on the back side, so much easier than trying to go around everything in the front. I can bump into and overlap the chickens without ruining them.
Tag: neocolor ii
Mystery Bird
Probably something really common, but I can’t identify this bird. It was about the size of a sparrow, dull yellow, with a few splotches on its breast.
Grackle on Duralar
I think using wax pastels and colored pencil on Duralar is my favorite combination of surface and media.
This Grackle spent some time perusing the edge of this pond searching for muddy bits and pieces, probably for a nest. Each time it moved forward in its search, a frog or other little critter would plop into the water, keeping ahead of him, just in case.
Sparrow
I haven’t felt much like sketching or painting until the past few days. We discovered a new park, and I snapped a photo of what I think is an American Tree Sparrow. My photo was a little blurry, but I had enough detail to finish this drawing.
This is in colored pencil—Pablo and Derwent drawing—on a background of Neocolor II. I used Pastelmat in a yellow orange color.