Unleash your inner artist with this secret to drawing birds using simple anatomy and easy stick figures! Watch and learn how to create beautiful bird illustrations like magic!
👉 Download your Sparrows here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12nkxorQCbnzmBoPN7yHtZ-IyeDppfBGy?usp=sharing
Just like human stick figures, bird stick figures will quickly give you the confidence to better understand these creatures and draw them easily!
We'll look at three examples, analyse the whereabouts of their bones, create stick figures from these, then develop them into drawings.
Finally, we'll create a comical bird, reinforcing the fun and freedom of imagination, and being able to draw a bird in any position you like.
Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Plan of action
1:22 Dr Natalia Balo's book: Bird Anatomy for Artists
2:35 Simple example
3:16 1st Sparrow
9:39 Bird feet
11:20 2nd Sparrow
16:00 Fun facts about Sparrows
18:12 More about Bird Feet
19:20 3rd Sparrow
29:15 Comical Bird
33:45 Rock Star Bird
35:05 Outro
👉 I'm a huge fan of Dr Natalia Balo's book "Bird Anatomy for Artists" in which she compares the anatomical body of birds to that of a human, making it easier to remember the workings of their complex little bodies. You can find out more about her here:
👉https://www.facebook.com/NataliaBaloFineArt
👉 https://a-z-animals.com/blog/10-incredible-sparrow-facts/
I love all these fun facts about different animals!
I've been drawing and painting for over 40 years and birds in the last 25.
With continuous practice I am finding new ways of approaching my subjects and am excited to be sharing these techniques with you. If you'd like to see more, drawing and painting techniques, please subscribe and you'll be notified when a new video is uploaded.
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