Little Bird #1

Pencil on sketching pad

The first in a series of three small birds, purely for personal use. I loved the dramatic lines of the wingspan and contrasting shadows/highlights in the original photo (included below). The contrast converted really well to black and white.

In the actual photo the right wing is even longer. I know nature didn’t ‘get it wrong’ but to my eye it looked out of proportion so I shortened it for the drawing. Probably going to be sent to some special corner of Artist’s Hell for that, but oh well.

I also don’t know who took the original photo (hence why this is just a personal drawing!) but would love to be able to credit them; so if you know who took the photo below, feel free to drop me a line.