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Flight and Feather

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project 2 : inky blackbirds

Let’s get a little more expressive now! I love using charcoal and ink to create dramatic black bird drawings...these look amazing on vintage paper and would make a beautiful gift framed for a fellow bird lover. If you don’t have vintage paper use watercolor paper.

Get ready to get a little messy and remember we are focusing on capturing the essence of a bird in this project not seeking realism or high detail.

Here are a few I did in preparation for the class…

Watch as I create three more inky black birds….

inky blackbirds

Wasn’t that fun? I love smudging all that charcoal and letting the ink run in gorgeous black tendrils down the page.

So dramatic!

Let's continue to poetic bird art journal...