From my Moleskine sketchbook a double page done with watercolour and brush pen.
As ideal subject for a black ink brush pen sketch, here are a few facts about these lovely birds : “Atlantic puffin is a small bird. It weighs 0.5 kilograms (17.5 ounces) and can reach 25 centimetres (10 inches) in length. Males are slightly bigger than females. Nicknamed ‘sea parrots‘ – and sometimes ‘clowns of the sea‘! – Atlantic puffins have black and white feathers and a large parrot-like beak. Puffins are fab flyers, flapping their wings up to 400 times a minute and speeding through the air at up to 88km/h (55 mp/h).”
Parrots are such colourful birds that I cannot resist to paint one and add fun facts about them.
This oyster was created from a painting of an old piece of wood. I was invited by an artist friend to a painting class which took place in a very beautiful Hampshire (UK) village in the countryside.
Hobby Sketcher 