Here's a colorful pair. Well, the parrot, perched on his friend's shoulder, was colorful, so I decided to make his friend colorful, too. Just seemed right.
I'm not an erasing kind of girl; I just sat down (in front of Starbucks con caliente cafe) in the morning sunshine and lightly drew it out with a 005 Micron pen. They're light enough that I can correct as I go. Then when I'm done laying out the entire thing, by the time I start putting down heavier and darker pens, those light lines are pretty much obliterated. I think the drawing took me about an hour and a half of laid-back, feet-up enjoyment.
Anyway, it was pretty fun doing a parrot as I've never done one before, and I particularly like the guy's blue/green expression. And the gold earring. Looks piratey. By the way, when I ride my bike each day, I wear one gold hoop, too. Makes ME feel piratey!
Anyway, it was pretty fun doing a parrot as I've never done one before, and I particularly like the guy's blue/green expression. And the gold earring. Looks piratey. By the way, when I ride my bike each day, I wear one gold hoop, too. Makes ME feel piratey!
Birds and portraits, neither easy, but so satisfying when they come out right. They are a good morning's treasure haul,"matey" .
ReplyDeleteThanks, Patrick, you're right, mate. I enjoyed coloring the man to match his bird, and realized I'd never done a bird before, either!
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