Doodling Humming Birds

Quite pleased with the finished result.    Even though it was hard to see the smaller details like the chest feather detail, but I got there.   I did cheat a do the background with my black micron brush pen.

Here are a couple more photos of work in progress:

First DAy

Second Day - Fuschias

I also did the background after I did the fuschias, as I decided it was better for my eyesight to see the difference between black and white, before attempting the birds.

This Week's Doodling/Colouring

This week we have been learning to colour Mandarin Ducks.    These were actually quite difficult, and I do't think I was in the right frame of mind to colour this week - and it shows!   I persevered however. but am not happy with it!  ce la vie, as they say!

It's back to doodling next week.

This week's "doodle" - colouring lesson 2

This week we were back to learning colouring techniques with this postcard, which was a challenge for the eyes, especially when we learned pointillism for the speckled hen; but I succeeded

 Here are a couple more of the stages in reverse order: