BYC’s BirdTober Thread

[RDchicken99]

Howdy, all!

@StinkyAcres and @SundownAviaries came up with the wonderful idea to make a BirdTober thread here on BYC!
- For a little background info on BirdTober, it is an art challenge in which you draw a bird from a daily list of prompts.
- Art challenges like BT are usually held on Instagram, but since some of us on here don’t have it, we decided to make a thread so us artists here on BYC can still participate in a way.

Here are the prompts:

Be sure to tag anyone you know on BYC who would like to participate.

Have fun!

 

[StinkyAcres]

Day one is done...finally! (watercolor and colored pencil)

 

[Karasu]

I did day two already.

Day one

 

[Karasu]

Day 3 - a green woodpecker.

 

[StinkyAcres]

#2!

 

[Karasu]

 

[StinkyAcres]

Day 8

 

[StinkyAcres]

Just sharing my little drawing hack - I sketch almost everything on a separate piece of paper (in my sketchbook) in pencil. That way if I don't like my sketch I can try again and again without erasing so much on the final piece. Once I like my sketch I draw over the lines I like in pen so I can then trace my final outline onto the watercolor or mixed media paper using a light box.

Here's what a spread in my sketchbook looks like.

 

[RDchicken99]

Here’s day one! I’m really happy with how it came out! I’m going to do day two‘s bird on paper.

 

[Bird is the word]

Did this one a little too early couldn't wait, whatever it's a pileated woodpecker but I changed how the wings looked a bit