This morning’s bird. Quick sketch from a photo I took last summer, with Winsor & Newton watercolors and an Aquash water brush.

Getting proportions right is still a challenge, so this morning I was working on lines and angles that help me to see where parts of the bird’s body lie in relation to one another.

Wound up getting a little sloppy with the ink and paint along the way, but my wife looked over my shoulder and said “Pretty!” Don’t can’t be all that bad. (It might help that she likes Toronto baseball.)

A watercolor illustration depicts a blue jay perched, with handwritten text detailing its name, date, and scientific name.