Scientific Illustration

Drawing & Painting Birds by Tim Wootton

Birds are much admired, revered and envied. They have featured in art for many thousands of years and our fascination with them continues. They do though pose a challenge to paint and are not always the most cooperative of models. By understanding their anatomy and recognising their type, the artist can learn a shorthand way to capture movement and attitude. With technique and colour mastered, style develops and a special scene can be captured uniquely forever.

Explains bird types and how identifying specific similarities can help the artist Advises on painting in the field, using photographs and working in the studio Describes how to paint plumage and birds in flight Demonstrates how to compose a painting with emphasis on the birds’ habitat Gives insights into painting birds from 30 leading artists, as well as illustrations of their work, including John Busby, Robert Bateman and Charles Tuncliffe

Tim Wootton is the winner of the Birdwatch Artist of the Year 2011 Award

http://tim-wootton.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/drawing-painting-birds-new-book-release.html

agneslaurent:

Auguste Rodin
Os d’une main

agneslaurent:

Alphonse Henri Perrin
Étude myologique d’un avant bras , étude ostéologique d’une main

eriksurpless:

Morning doodles. Up early, sketching in the waiting room of the VW dealership.

marywilliams:

Sandhill Cranes.

Colored Pencil, Watercolor, Digital. 8.5”x11”

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Prints are available if you are interested! Limited number, message me if you’re interested! :)

runjimmyrun:

a drawing of a herring gull from my austin urban sketch group meeting last year.  the Texas Memorial Museum has a decent collection of taxidermy.

pen and ink, 2012

frangiffard:

‘H’ - part of ‘Old Paper’ series 12

Mixed media on a diary page

2012

marywilliams:

I have been a busy bee this week!! Look what I finished today! :)

Assorted Seashells

Watercolor Pencil 8.5”x11” 

As with everything I post, prints are available (sans “watermark” and ugly little smudge I didn’t realize was there until now). 

noelbadgespugh:

Botanical Plate For California Academy Of Sciences, WIP, A Few Thousand Dots To Go!

eriksurpless:

Here’s the finished sketch of the stowaway from the other day.