Avian art

[Isa]

Thought I would get motivated and actually make a thread of different things I have worked on. I started drawing birds in '09, then quit drawing altogether for about 2 years... now I have picked it up again.


'Nantucket'... tiercel Peale's peregrine, 2.5x3.5" guache on canvas


supposed to be a SSHA, but looks more like a COHA. Sketched with ballpoint pen on cardstock without reference. 4.5"x5.5"


boli sketch on cardboard of my PFRT 'Azula'


pencil sketch (which didn't photograph well) of one of the Aplomado Falcons I hacked last summer. I hope this little guy is doing well out there on his own.

As I draw/scan/photograph more work, I'll try to remember to post it here.

[SkyRider]

Keep posting these! You have talent and obviously aren't intimidated by using different mediums which is a great mindset. I'd love to see more of your artwork as you continue to improve.

[cindy]

These are not too bad. Keep on working, and then will only get better and better.

[Isa]

Thanks. I love working with gouache, part of the trouble is I didn't have a small enough brush to go in and add more detail when I painted Nantucket. That and I was in a truck at the time.

I'll try to get some other things finished up and posted. I have an Aplo painting to work on over the next few days.

It's not a raptor (so I changed the thread title to be a bit broader), but it's the most recent thing I've done. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla in ink on cardstock.


Also, some older works:
Tundra GHO in oil on canvas.


and Winter Wren in coloured pencil on cardstock.

[Falcon Boy]

I like the owl one a lot! While i'm not an artist, my only critique would be the bird's eyes. It is very difficult to capture the essence of a raptor and i think the eyes is where it happens. Id try to get the raptors eyes to the way the wren or GHO's are, they are powerful in those two pictures!

[Isa]

Thanks FB - The GHOW and wren are probably my two favourites here. I did them when I was still doing art regularly... the others are the things I've done since picking up the pencil/paint again about 2 years later.
The Laugher appears lifeless, but it's got something to do with my reference material I'm sure. I am contemplating translating that study to a canvas, making him wide-eyed and awake, and putting a lighthouse with some waves breaking against it in the background.