It's been a while since I last saw a Pygmy owl, so I was more than happy when encountering one while birding with a friend of mine.
I also got to take a very close look of a Hawfinch over a week ago, when one of those appeared into a mist net while ringing. Though getting to take a real close look helped in determineing how I would want to draw a Hawfinch, though it took me a while to get the right feel into my drawings. This one is decent - though the wing is too small and the patterns on the wing aren't correct and the head is big... But the attitude is what I had in mind (so at least something went right here).
It's been a while since I last saw a Pygmy owl, so I was more than happy when encountering one while birding with a friend of mine.
I also got to take a very close look of a Hawfinch over a week ago, when one of those appeared into a mist net while ringing. Though getting to take a real close look helped in determineing how I would want to draw a Hawfinch, though it took me a while to get the right feel into my drawings. This one is decent - though the wing is too small and the patterns on the wing aren't correct and the head is big... But the attitude is what I had in mind (so at least something went right here).
