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Drawing Birds in Pencil

Comparing Two Birds Photo courtesy of (Hefin Owen@flickr.com) Photo courtesy of (Tony Smith@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence – attribution - granted under creative commons licence – attribution Puffin Goldfinch What are the differences between the two? How would you describe their shapes? Look at the patterns and lines.

Look closely at the following photographs

Black-Capped Chickadee

Cattle Tyrant

Chaffinch

Goldfinch

Nuthatch

Puffin

Robin

Starling

Suggested task: • Select one of the birds and complete your own observational drawing in pencil. • The important part is the looking. The more looking at the object, the more detailed the drawing will be. Ensure you do a big enough drawing so that the detail can be seen – it should take up the whole page. • Look for different types of marks e.g. hard, soft, light, heavy, jagged, smooth… Photo courtesy of (Rodney Camplbell@flickr.com) Photo courtesy of (Tambako the Jaguar@flickr.com) Photo courtesy of (Smudge 9000@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence – attribution - granted under creative commons licence – attribution - granted under creative commons licence – attribution

Extension: Find out more about your bird’s habitat and diet using books and the internet.