I felt it necessary to do an illustration of the main characters in my pretend children's book entitled, Sheriff Farthright and Bangles: Lost in Los Angeles. Until this day, I never knew I even had a pretend children's book. It is not available in stores near you. Sheriff Farthright is a Yellow-rumped Seed-eater and his faithful steed, Bangles, is a Parrot-finch. Note Farthright's mighty stache. His badge shines as brightly as his character. Bangles is only seconds away from taking to the sky. I can actually hear Audubon rolling over in his grave due to the flagrant misuse of bird depictions.
This is a larger than life charcoal and pastel sketch of the common ole' crow. It is on a sheet of 17"x24" butcher paper which I find perfect for doing studies such as this one. I have a 100% free heaping stack of the stuff. Archival it is not, but it takes away any fear of destroying an expensive sheet of paper which leads me to work with more expressive marks. This mark-making freedom is liberating most of the time but good god it can also make for some wildly terrible drawings. Live and learn.
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