Magpie, chiffchaff, bee-eater and woodpecker! Some attempt at learning to draw with colored pencils and I’m really happy with how they turned out!

Love the off-white color and texture of the bamboo paper I used, though unfortunately it’s a bit too “soft” and starts dissolving when pressing too hard with the pencils. Still wasn’t able to find a paper with that color that works better for pencils :')

Edit: Thanks so much for all the love on these <3 Next step is to learn to draw them from real life and not just photos!

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    1 month ago

    Thank you so much! I wish I could get to a point where I can actually observe and draw them from real life and not just photos. But that’s a next step then!

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      1 month ago

      that would be awesome! I do photography and I mostly focus on landscapes, but I’ve been trying to get better at take bird photos and I’m not very good at it yet. those guys are flighty!

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        1 month ago

        That’s so cool! I’d love to do some bird photography as well, but the cameras and lenses are so darn expensive :')