Some bird sketches with pencil (2 Viewers)

Russ Jones · Jan 17, 2010

Here is a pair of eastern screech owls I drew up a couple of months ago with coloured pencil. I always wanted to get a photograph of both colour phases in one frame and could never manage to pull it off so I drew them instead

Cheers!

Russ

fugl · Jan 17, 2010

Beautiful drawing--thanks for posting it. Screech Owls—the western species here—are uncommon in western Nevada & I seldom see them.

eryri · Jan 17, 2010

Beautiful - you can be proud of that one.

colleenc · Jan 17, 2010

nice way to solve the problem, I've never seen these in the wild, but have worked from some captive ones at a local bird rescue.....amazing little critters.....nice work

nickderry · Jan 17, 2010

gorgeous things, love the piercing expression in their eyes.

timwootton · Jan 17, 2010

Fabulous piece of work Russ.

Russ Jones · Jan 20, 2010

Thanks for all of the kind words everyone

Here is another I have just finished tonight, a pair of red-bellied woodpeckers also done in coloured pencil.

Cheers!

Russ

colleenc · Jan 20, 2010

lovely work, it's unusual to put a big black hole in the middle of your drawing, but this works well somehow here. Do the screech owls nest in old woodpecker holes? I seem to remember reading it,or maybe I'm mixed up on that.

Woody · Jan 20, 2010

Don't know how I missed these super drawings Russ. I love the owls especially, but then I've a soft spot for owls of all kinds, they're just so fantastic to paint and draw.

Mike

mosca · Jan 20, 2010

Very striking pictures with a nice light feeling about them too.
What pencils are you using?

Larry Lade · Jan 20, 2010

Nice drawings, well done!

Dave B Smith · Jan 20, 2010

Really nice work Russ. Great solution for getting both color morphs together. Much more efficient than waiting with a camera! Thanks for posting it.

Russ Jones · Jan 22, 2010

colleenc said:
lovely work, it's unusual to put a big black hole in the middle of your drawing, but this works well somehow here. Do the screech owls nest in old woodpecker holes? I seem to remember reading it,or maybe I'm mixed up on that.

Thanks colleen. I agree witht he big black hole thing, I think if you make it black enough though it can be a striking addition

Indeed screech owls will use old woopecker holes, boxed or other suitable cavities for nesting.

Woody, I agree. Owls certainly are handsome creatures and that look transfers very nicely to paper!

mosca, thanks for the comment. Most of my stuff has the same light feel to it, I am an impatient person and by keeping it light I can get my picture drawn faster 8-P... I'm not kidding! I use a brand of pencil called PRANG, they really work well for this style of art.

thanks for the kind words Larry and Dave.

Here's a white throated sparrow I did a few weeks ago.

paul Robinson · Jan 22, 2010

Love to see any botanical studies you might have done - they will look gorgeous I bet.
Paul

timwootton · Jan 22, 2010

Cracking job, Russ. Very special piece of work.

nickderry · Jan 23, 2010

paul Robinson said:
Love to see any botanical studies you might have done - they will look gorgeous I bet.
Paul

agreed - I enjoyed looking at the attention to the branch here. Very nice piece of work

ChrissyM · Jan 28, 2010

Hi Russ, I have really enjoyed looking through these. Very beautiful work and nice to see some coloured pencil

Russ Jones · Feb 5, 2010

Here's a few more pics I have just re scanned. Most of these were done a few years ago, the blue jay was more recent. (I might have posted the blue jay before, I dont remeber now)

Cheers!

Russ

colleenc · Feb 5, 2010

the jay is very special, subtle coloring is just poetic.

paul Robinson · Feb 5, 2010

and again, beautiful botanical studies with birds in them!
Paul

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