New work: A summer break

"A summer break ".
Birds: Cedar Waxwings.
Rendered With: Colored pencil and ink.

About Cedar Waxwings:
Where are they found? Parts of Central and N.America
How big are they? (medium) About the size of an American Robin.
What do they eat? They eat fruits and berries primarily.

How I created it

Illustration of step 1: Creation of base forms

- Blocked out the general forms of the birds lightly in color(light ocre and yellow) in the poses I found interesting.
- Added details to the birds.
- To create the trees and vegetation, I used a reference image to get the overall details right and then added vines and leaves to give it the right look.

Some humor: titles that didn't make it
"The berry bunch, after lunch", "Look, Joann! Here they come!"

Powerful Links
- Purchase prints of this piece
- Read more about these birds at whatbird.com