Tag: Sketch Book

Rufous-Necked Hornbill

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The Rufous-Necked Hornbill. This distinctive bird, distributed mainly along North-eastern India, Bhutan & Southeast Asia, boasts a rich orange-red (rufous) plumage around it’s neck, head, & underparts, & bright blue colouring around the eyes, with glossy dark green elsewhere.The beaks appear broken but is normal, and mature birds also sport black ridges along the upper […]

Canada Jay

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The Canada Jay, grey/gray jay, or whisky jack is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae, and is the national bird of Canada. It is found year-round in the coniferous northern forests of North America. This bird has pale grey underparts, darker grey upperparts and a grey-white head with a darker grey nape.Canada Jays typically […]

Puffin With A Beakful

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Another classic Puffin bird piece I worked on to round off the year. If I’ve not said this before—and if you haven’t picked up on it—Puffins are one of my favourite birds.Aside from their monochromatic plumage offset by brightly coloured beaks (at least on the males), puffins look so innocent and are sometimes quite derpy, […]

White Boomers

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Christmas White Boomers, or “Xmas Derperoos” as I like to call these two. I wanted to illustrate something that uniquely represented an Australian Christmas, & since it’s much too hot here for reindeers during summer, I learned that Santa hitches white boomers up to his sleigh (slang for large muscly kangaroos, not old Caucasian people […]

Aussie Magpie

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It’s that time of the year again; the good ol’ Aussie Magpie has been nesting and saying ‘Hello’ to their neighbours in their own special way… by swooping the ever-living crap out of anything that moves nearby (and sometimes even things that don’t move)! 😂 The Australian Magpie, is a medium-sized bird native to Australia […]

Philippine Eagle

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The Philippine Eagle, the national bird of the Philippines, also known as the monkey-eating eagle, or great Philippine eagle, is a critically endangered bird species, endemic to the forests of the Philippines. It sports an orange-brown & white-coloured plumage, and a shaggy crest. It measures up to 102cm (3.35ft) in length, and weights up to […]

Toucan

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The Toucan is a striking bird species with large colourful bills. They can grow up to a whopping 65cm with bills up to 20cm; giving them the prize for the bird with the largest bill when compared to it’s body size. They can also live up to around 20 years. Media: Copic Markers, Coloured Pencil, […]

Saiga

Saiga Saiga (13-10-2019)

Saiga antelopes, with their large weird noses live in the grasslands of central Asia. They’ve been around for thousands of years—since the time of the mammoths—but they’re now at risk of disappearing because of hunting and habitat loss. I purchased a few more Copic markers from the Warm Grey range to boost my tookit and […]

Ghost Frog

Ghost Frog Ghost Frog (08-10-2019)

The Ghost Frog—thought to be named such because of their presence in the Skeleton Gorge in South Africa—are classified as one of the most remarkable and unusual species on the planet but are critically endangered.

Panther Chameleon

Panther Chameleon Panther Chameleon (07-10-2019)

The Panther Chameleon is a species of brightly colorful chameleons that are indigenous in the tropical forest areas of Madagascar. These magnificent tree-dwellers sport forked feet, head casques, long sticky tongues, prehensile tails and amazing colour changing skin. This, along with their ability to thrive in captivity makes them ideal and attractive pets. They’re currently […]

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