I signed up for Alisa Burke's Beautiful Birds workshop back when it was first released. I finally got around to watching the videos and they are so much fun! I've been sketching and doodling away in my sketchbook and on random pieces of paper every chance I get. I love birds!
Here are some of the pages I created, starting with the more doodled warm-ups. I'll post more "complete" bird sketches in another post.
One way Alisa gets us to loosen up is to doodle randomly and then create a bird out of it. This was tricky, especially if you weren't thinking about it and created a wonky scribble!
Another technique was to create simple shapes and make them into birds:
The exercise I enjoyed the most though was creating "splotches" of colour, and then finding a bird within that splotch. I used markers and a black Sharpie for these ones and a highlighter and ink pen for the last photo:
This last page is probably my favourite of the bunch. I created the splotches of colour with gelatos (spreading them around with water) and then created the birds with a Sharpie:
So simple and yet so cute! I can't help but smile when I look at them!
Here are some of the pages I created, starting with the more doodled warm-ups. I'll post more "complete" bird sketches in another post.
One way Alisa gets us to loosen up is to doodle randomly and then create a bird out of it. This was tricky, especially if you weren't thinking about it and created a wonky scribble!
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7568/27478323844_cac8266098_k.jpg)
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7298/27478319754_7ff5e881f9_k.jpg)
Another technique was to create simple shapes and make them into birds:
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7661/27478325624_ded5b26993_k.jpg)
The exercise I enjoyed the most though was creating "splotches" of colour, and then finding a bird within that splotch. I used markers and a black Sharpie for these ones and a highlighter and ink pen for the last photo:
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7384/27812560780_ecb2947787_k.jpg)
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7396/28014967621_a6f0be01f6_k.jpg)
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7590/27478309554_341a72db77_k.jpg)
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7459/27990302492_e6d26a5d52_k.jpg)
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7425/27478328264_eecd2aad38_k.jpg)
This last page is probably my favourite of the bunch. I created the splotches of colour with gelatos (spreading them around with water) and then created the birds with a Sharpie:
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7394/28058560666_274e0e43af_k.jpg)
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7352/27478069023_3fcdd9b923_k.jpg)
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7341/28058555846_c0aab2a02f_k.jpg)
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7352/27990289692_22b6e2fad9_k.jpg)
![](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7287/27812541220_d73ff1c5e9_k.jpg)
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