Autumn Projects #4

If you are lucky enough to have a bird feeder, you can try drawing your visitors.
They DO MOVE QUICKLY! So, how do you draw them?
Here are a few very quick drawings I made, looking through the window.

• Do just an outline.
• Draw parts and put them together later: try to get the head, or the tail, or a wing.
• Try to draw the way they tilt their heads.
• If it's a squirrel, draw the tail in different positions.
• Birds move a lot, but they return to the same position over and over again. You can keep 2 or 3 sketches going at one time, and put more detail on them each time they move back into the right position.
• You can add a tiny bit of color to your sketches even after the birds leave. You can make a note on the page, or look them up in a bird guide.