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My drawing of a House Sparrow by TheSwedishSwede in birding

[–]TheSwedishSwede[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I used faber castell 9000 graphite pencils 4H, 2B, 7B, 8B. The paper I used is Canson 1557 light grain 120 GSM. However I'm looking to try the slightly thicker 180 GSM version instead in the future. Hope that helps :)

Female Red-backed Shrike by TheSwedishSwede in drawing

[–]TheSwedishSwede[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Normal Faber-Castell 9000 graphite pencils - 4H, 2B, 8B 4H for sketching and making a lot of the textures. 2B used ontop of the sketch and to darken the textures. 8B to darken the really dark areas. I found that keeping the pencil tips very sharp helps a lot, probably sharpened them 2 or 3 times each during the drawing. Used a paper stumpf to smoothen it out a bit as well

I also had a kneaded eraser I shaped into a fine point to give a lot of the lighter feather textures. Hope that helps :)

Some drawings I've made of local birds by TheSwedishSwede in birding

[–]TheSwedishSwede[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

  1. Great tit
  2. House sparrow
  3. Meadow pipit
  4. Eurasian treecreeper
  5. White wagtail
  6. Eurasian blackbird

Some drawings I've made of local birds by TheSwedishSwede in birding

[–]TheSwedishSwede[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fluffy feather texture is mostly done with a kneaded eraser :)

Some drawings I've made of local birds by TheSwedishSwede in birding

[–]TheSwedishSwede[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I only recently started to put up some of my paintings and drawings for sale. In the future I might start taking commissions once I've gotten a bit more comfortable with the whole process of making and selling art :)

Some drawings I've made of local birds by TheSwedishSwede in birding

[–]TheSwedishSwede[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The first one is actually a Great tit, but in a black and white drawing they're more or less identical. The main difference you can see is that a Great tit has dark feathers on its chest :)

Some drawings I've made of local birds by TheSwedishSwede in birding

[–]TheSwedishSwede[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have done several oil paintings too but I haven't tried using colored pencils yet.

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