Kingfishers

Watercolor and Albrecht Dürer water color pencils.

I got a painting assignment to paint a Christmas present. Eventually out of the favorite birds of the person receiving the present I chose the Common Kingfisher.

Since I'd never seen kingfishers in real life, I got to know the bird better from pictures and videos. I did some sketching from the videos - the best substitute available to sketching from live birds (and I love the pause button!). After that I did the first sketch of the birds without reference, then with pictures got the details and patterns in place.

After which I spent a couple of nights just painting.

I really enjoyed getting to know these little birds better. Hopefully it won't be long before I get to see some live.

Christmas card to a friend

I said I didn't send any Christmas cards this year...but I did send one. Albrecht Dürer Watercolor pencils on cardboard.

Some photos of Niuniu

Some photos of Niuniu over the Christmas holidays.

Lesser White-fronted Geese in moonlight

Should've been sleeping. But the inspiration hit me - I felt I just had to go on and make this idea of a painting into a real painting. I used the Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencils as both watercolors and pencils on this one.

Detail of the LWfGs. Should've shaded the bottom side of the tail.

Samoyed & Orange Cat

A good friend of mine loves samoyeds. Faber Castell Albrecht Dürers on dark blue cardboard.

And the same friend's friend wanted to see a kitty drawn by me.

Some more quick drawings

"Náhani's Song"

My favorite wolf of all time, Náhani from In the Shadow of a Rainbow (a true story). When the urge to draw Náhani hit me last night, I was suprised by my inability to remember ever having drawn her.

Should not have complained about the amount of the shades of purple in this set of pencils, I ended up using all of them on this quick drawing of a pair of Lesser white-fronted geese at a seashore meadow, in the moonlight, male alert and checking out some suspicious sound. This idea could be developed into a painting. Soma day.

Andalusian

Just a quickie for a friend, experimenting some more with light on black.