The Art of the Bird

Common blackbird: robin edition (American robin)

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heh booby

Rainbow-bearded thornbill

Thank you for spending time looking at a bird sitting down and have a good day.

finished the bluebird comm!

My favorite from a batch of pigeon sketches from school! Pigeon in yellows

rose-breasted grosbeak commission 🌹🪶

March 21, 2023 - Mountain Trogon or Mexican Trogon (Trogon mexicanus) Found in parts of western and southern Mexico and northern Central America, these trogons live in highland forests. They eat insects, including moths and mantises, as well as small fruits and may forage with mixed-species flocks. Breeding between April and June depending on the area of their range, they nest in cavities in trees or rotten stumps, usually near the ground. Females lay clutches of two or three eggs and do the majority of the incubation with some help from males.

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September 18, 2024 - Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove or Yellow-banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis) These fruit doves are found in lowland and mountain forests on the Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, and several other islands in Papua New Guinea. They eat fruit, foraging in trees and shrubs, usually alone or in pairs and sometimes gather at fruiting trees. Their flimsy platform nests are built from twigs and vine tendrils in trees or shrubs. Females lay a single egg.

Rainforest birds from my Borneo journal! :)

the eponymous feet didn't turn out as vibrant as i wanted either (so maaaybe do another one) but otherwise everything else turned out nice. I was also experimenting with doing more color shading on the underglazes to get that flecked white to brown look that boobies have. i used mayco's sapphire glaze for the inside, the rest is clear (tho i did use a little of amaco's snow celadon on the eyes, i don't know that it mattered much) patreon | store | ig