To me, learning about birds is Science, but I understand, it is also an art. There is art hidden in the science, and also there is science in the art. I see this important book of renowned artist Raviraj is a product which expose this inter phase.
Definitely it is an art book on drawing and sketching of birds written in a simple way with lots of scientific details. He introduces to the artistic students the basic fact that systematic understanding of the subject can improve the creativity and the quality of the output. For that, he has brought many important and essential details about birds in their internal and external structure, postures and behaviour to this book. Drawing, whether it is realistic or artistic, to be perfect, require huge amount of nature observation with a special eye to the details. Raviraj's this book gives lots of clue for this.
As we know any book is a pointer towards a direction in which the person has to travel. Only that travel will enrich you. In that perspective this book is a very good pointer with lots of insights. I am sure this will be useful to the students of art very much, because this is a product of hard work and vision. I wish more students will get benefited from this unique production.
The purpose of this book is to assist the student or artist who is interested in learning to draw and paint birds. Even an accomplished artist cannot draw or paint a bird picture unless he knows something about birds. To make his picture truly convincing his knowledge must include certain elements of bird anatomy and some flight principles, as well as information concerning appearance, habits and habitat. Sol have tried fulfil your satisfaction through this small book.
As a beginner, always start with the whole shape, be it a large bird or just the head of one, and then work back towards the detail.
Except a few, everything in this book is drawn from life. No photographs were used. I recommend that you do the same. It is harder to do, but your drawings will be freer and livelier. Tidy up loose ends, sharpen up details but on no account overdo it so that it becomes overworked.
Quick sketches are a good way to warm up...
If you have the patience to wait until the bird you have selected to sketch returns to approximately the right position, you can develop a quick sketch into a more detailed drawing with full tone range. So long as you have caught it in the pose that you want to draw you can take your time on the rest, because sooner or later it will probably be back again doing the same thing or something very similar.
Ok, Lets start study and drawing the birds
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