Thanks everyone for the great encouragement on my first two posts. I meant to post regularly but in reality it looks like, at best, I will be an erratic blogger!
This is a drawing of a black and white Australian Magpie from our backyard this morning. There are 4 or 5 of these in our yard every day and they dominate the other birds. These are one of the most common and widespread birds in Australia. We live in a rural area and our house is surrounded by a pocket of bushland so we get a wide range of birds including some very attractive and interesting ones. Most are very difficult to draw as they flit in and out again.
As with all the ink drawings I have posted (except the baby) I have not made a preliminary pencil sketch - just jumped in and hoped for the best. This adds a little spice to the process and keeps it all pretty loose.
