Bird a Day #6

The Rooster.
The next couple of birds I wanted to challenge myself and use only the ballpoint pen and no color. It was a fun experiment.

Bird a Day #5

The toucan.

Bird a Day #4

The Blue Jay.
Typically, back home the blue jays are the meanest of birds with the biggest attitudes. One summer at my dad's house, the blue jays would dive bomb if you got anywhere near their nest. It was a frightening thing to see one of these guys flying towards you at fast speeds.

Bird a Day #3

The Chickadee.

Bird a Day #2

The Horned Owl.

Bird a Day #1

The Western Meadowlark.
I'm not sure what drew me to this bird. A lot of these are from photos simply because I'm not outside during the day enough to see these guys. So I think it was the yellow that got me excited. I have this tiny sketchbook that I'm drawing these in, probably about 3"x5" and I'm using ballpoint pen and sometimes felt tip pens to add in some color. Now that you have the gist here is the first one.

Back.

Hello blogging world. I've decided to return. Since I've been reading blogs like crazy I've been trying to find inspiration to update my own on a more regular basis. I've started a challenge for myself of drawing a bird a day. Whether that's realistic or more characteristic doesn't matter. I want to draw more and I want to create more, so what better way to do that than to keep a sketchbook. (As you can tell by my blog I'm not very good at keeping a sketchbook either.) I have two birds drawn so far, one for yesterday and one for today. I'm hoping to get a few more before posting them, just so you aren't bored and so I get in a good habit. So hello again! And soon I will post some drawings.
Loves.