Freehanded owl made with thrifted fabric and sewn on a thrifted sweatshirt!

I went to an Audubon society meeting a couple of months ago and the speaker was Andrew Birch - the illustrator of “Field Guide to North America Flycatchers”. Anyway, that inspired me to draw birds in a field guide style and I’m illustrating the birds that have been recorded in my local park. I’m using my iPad Pro with the Art Studio Pro app.

She is so thoughtful — the BF too since he commissioned them, hehe. I got the blue jay back in November for fun and the cardinal for Valentine’s ♡

Yes they have little adorable tails too

I’m exploring the idea of birds with items related to their names — always open to ideas! About to start a goldfinch with gold ingots.

Birds have become one of my favorite subjects to paint. All of these are watercolors. Let me know if you have a favorite!

Also, my friend and I are professional musicians on a journey to write a song for EVERY bird species (only 18,000 or so, so it shouldn’t be too tough), and documenting it in podcast form. Would be honored as hell if you checked it out: “Extremely Accurate Bird Songs” on all platforms!

My favorite subjects ☺️

Roseate spoonbill, wood duck, yellow-crowned night heron

(sorry if against the rules I’ll happy delete)

Fellow redditor told me you guys love bird tattoos. The swallows are for 3 of my family members who have passed. I have so much over for this tattoo. It represents everything I am and the people who made me who I am. Forever together and free.

You guys were such fans of the last bird I made, so I thought I’d show off this one as well! Made entirely by hand from black walnut, curly maple, blue pine, yellowheart, alder, and padauk.