I was feeling the winter storms, so I painted this male Blackburnian Warbler.

Watercolors. Lifesize: 5x7. Coldpress paper.

The quality isn't stellar, because I used a digital camera instead of a scanner.

Enjoy!

Hi! Sorry I haven't posted here in a long time... guess I haven't made much bird art lately!

Anyway, here's a painting of an Eastern Rosella!

(Are thumbnails okay? Click for full size)


It's acrylic on wood.

*pokes the comm*

How's everyone doing?

I've been interested in playing with watercolor for awhile, and figured this would be a great excuse to do so! So I painted a little Carolina wren! It looks a bit funky because I used a sedge wren photo for the pose and tried to change it into a Carolina wren, but for a first try it didn't come out bad! ( Carolina wren!Collapse )

My list so far - a whopping 3 pieces finished! - can be found here, or my DA account here!

Hey everyone! Been out doing a bit of bird photography, and I find some great artistic inspiration and ideas from photos. Would any one else here be interested in trying to pool our resources and create sets of stock photos for different species? That way, as others are creating artwork, they have something to work from if they'd like! Of course, if you'd like to contribute, you'd be giving permission for people here to use your photos as references. (although Credit Where Credit Is Due is always good!)

Just thought that might be a fun way to drum up ideas for art, and give everyone a great resource pool to work from for anatomy, poses, or whatever! :)

I had the same idea as this community a while ago - however I haven't made a concerted effort to illustrate my lifelist YET...

Maybe this will give me motivation to work on it! ^_^

My lifelist is here: http://twapa.livejournal.com/374737.html


Here are some I have illustrated so far:

Brown Creeper

American Goldfinch, also Here and Here.

Dark-eyed Junco, also Here

American Kestrel, also Here, and Here.

Tufted Titmouse, also Here.

White-crowned Sparrow

Great Horned Owl

Mourning Dove

Ring-necked Pheasant

Raven

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, also Here.

Blue Jay

Eastern Kingbird

Northern Flicker

Gray Catbird

White-breasted Nuthatch, also Here.

Black-headed Grosbeak

Northern Harrier

Killdeer

Mississippi Kite

Northern Cardinal

Northern Pintail

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Swainson's Hawk

Bohemian Waxwing AND Cedar Waxwing

Wilson's Snipe

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Black-capped Chickadee

American Coot

Bald Eagle

Barn Swallow

That's all for now... Hope this wasn't too spammy!

Current lifelist: 144 species (here).

In no particular order, here's a mixed media post; art is in felt, marker, pencil and colored pencil, depending on the piece :)

Art posting for: Downy Woodpecker
Song Sparrow
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Great Blue Heron
Wilson's Warbler
Osprey
Northern Pintail

Please let me know what you think :) And of course you are always welcome to purchase something ;)

To get everyone started, here's my list! For my most up-to-date lifelist, along with dates and places, go here.

Current Count: 7/227
As of: 7/28/12

( XFKirsten's Lifelist and Links...Collapse )

Welcome to the Illustrated Birding Lifelist community! I hope this will be a chance for everyone to have some fun and really get into their art! I'll post my own list here to get things started. Be sure to read the rules on the profile page, and have fun!

Also, if anyone is interested in making a custom style for this community, let me know!