Drawing Birds - Structure, Form and Practice bear Silver Night is a portrait

Silver Night is a portrait of quiet feeling

This piece was inspired by the tenderness of soft blush tones and the quiet contrast of delicate plumage above

This is a reproduction print of the original “Hanakisoi tree peony” watercolour painting

the woman embraces them with her hair

the sun was still burning strongly enough to reflect back through the moon

Drawing Birds - Structure, Form and Practice bear Silver Night is a portraitLook at any bird and know how to begin. The structure underneath every bird. Drawing Birds is a book built around that structure. The method, laid out chapter by chapter. The method The structure begins with a few simple forms. Body, head, axis. Held together before any feather is drawn. From there, every bird becomes a variation on five body builds: rounded, extended, compact, head dominant, long tailed. Each one a different proportion of the same