Sketching a puffin & a thank you!

Before I show you the next in my little bird-sketching video series I want to say a big thank you for everyone’s support, comments and thoughts over the last few days, I deeply appreciate it!
I’m especially grateful for those who bought a class from me and gave a bit more through the pay what you want feature. Thank you!! This actually helps me a lot, especially with events and client projects being cancelled left and right. I hope the classes will be enjoyable and give you something to do in these stressful times. I just wanted to express my sincerest gratitude to everyone of you. Let’s all try to keep active and creative to keep dark thoughts away.

Now let’s focus on sketching. My next bird sketch is the portrait of a puffin. These are really unusual looking birds with interesting face patterns and a black-white contrast on their body, like many other seabirds. This individual was sketched after a reference photo. Although these beautiful birds come to the German coast, I’ve never seen one in the wild, only in zoos. I’m really intrigued by the way puffins catch and collect fish in their beak, it’s a very characteristic look. Again, the colors for this sketch are quite reduced: Ultramarine blue, Neutral gray, quinacridone red, and a bit of transparent yellow. Here’s a link to my current palettes.

Here’s the video:

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I hope you all stay healthy and safe. I’ll be back with another post very soon.

If you want to keep yourself occupied and learn sketching: I’m currently offering all my sketching classes for as low as $8.