It's been a long time since the last post. Even though I didn't do much painting during the last few months, I was inspired by the idea of guide book illustrations and started to try a few. I picked up the birds that I recently saw in Fukuoka during the New Year vacation, which are Falcated Duck and Baikal Teal, along with one of my most favourite bird families, the needletails, as the subjects. It wasn't too easy, especially to bring out the precise body shape and structure. I remember getting an advice from a well known wildlife artist in Thailand that studying the anatomy of birds can help a lot in your drawing. I can totally understand him now.
Falcated Duck (Anas falcata)
Baikal Teal (
Anas formosa)
From top to bottom:
Brown-backed Needletail (
Hirundapus giganteus giganteus),
Brown-backed Needletail (
Hirundapus giganteus indicus),
H.g.indicus,
Silver-backed Needletail (
Hirundapus cochinchinensis),
H.cochinchinensis,
Brown-backed Needletail (
Hirundapus giganteus indicus)
