Well, photographs of drawings. Sorry for the ickyness of the color and contrast...I put up two of each to give a better idea of the actual drawing, since none came out the exact right color. XD But at least you can't see the shadow of my hands holding the camera... (I have no scanner). Thought I'd share.

First is a drawing done in about an hour on December 15, 2006...probably my 3rd or 4th attempt at a bird from looking at a photograph. Props if you can actually tell from the slightly ick drawing and horrible photo what species it is...





It's a red-shouldered hawk drawn from a photograph in a book.


And here's my dad's christmas present this year. Background is going to stay white so as not to smudge and detract from the bird itself, mounted on gray or cream matting with black frame. It's not finished, but I'm tired of drawing right now and figured I'd share. Total size of the paper I'm working on is 14'' x 17''. Golden eagle.

Eugh. Looking at it more...x__x The head and neck angle are all wrong and the feathers along the neck and shoulders aren't great...I'm bad at scale. Sorry bout that, guys.

Here's the photograph (NOT mine) I'm working from:


Here's the WIP drawing: