More Pen and ink birds
I’ve been playing with different nibs with my pen and ink birds. I’ve been switching between large nibs and ultra fine ones to get a nice shadowing and feathering effect. Today, I redid a little pencil sketch of a Beswick Wren I drew about 2 years ago. I used a couple of nibs, primarily a [...]
Feathered and fluffy
Oh baby it’s cold outside. Way too cold. I think when I went out earlier the weatherman said it was about -25c. Gawd I hate the winter. I know, I know… I’m Canadian and by default I’m supposed to love playing in the snow, skiing, hockey skating… everything snow and ice related. Somewhere in my [...]
Cheek by beak
I have a terrible time with perspective. It often takes a couple of tries to get a particular aspect correct. A good example is the sketch of my little House Finch. The first one was coming along fine, until I hit his beak. Take a look: From Catpaw’s Art work – birds Beaks are a [...]


