• Zo Clark
  • 26 Jan 2023 8:49 PM
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Bird painting

I played a game about fantasy creatures based on real animals like butterflies and others that had some inspireing things about the wonders of Art which included other forms of art but not to do with drawing. not telling people what to do and how to do stuff but rather asking interesting open minded questions to ponder and even though I Don’t usualy do painting much and usually draw  Iv felt like painting since then so I have done another one 

I didn’t want to paint things from games cause I prefer painting real life animals but While Im good at drawing birds and have also painted things before I havnt painted a bird before . I was going for a Starling or Blackbird but it looks like A Starling  

  • Peewit
    I would say Blackbird with that yellow bill

    Regards

    Kathy and Dave

  • Zo Clark

    Thing is about Blackbird is that and I don’t know weather you have noticed but sometimes the blackbirds bill appears orange or on some blackbirds they can appear orange whereas on other they are yellow but yes a Blackbirds bill is usually yellow. But they have short bills whereas Starlings have longer bills. Another thing I should mention is with Starlings and Blackbirds young ones and females arnt yellow adult Starlings have yellow beaks just like Male  Blackbirds do but the length of the bill is longer. I personally think I might of acidently painted a hybrid a mix of blackbird and Starling. The bird in the painting is looking away but you can see some of its tummy which is green and purple

  • Peewit

    In reply to Zo Clark:

    Yes, I have noticed that Blackbirds have various colours with their bills. I have thought it was to do with if they are from the UK, or another country and are only visiting the UK (term of Scandinavian bird comes to mind)

    To me a Blackbird with a yellow bill is local bird to the UK, and the other Blackbirds males with dark bills are from abroad and are passing through. Just an observation but maybe it is not true at all.

    I have seen female Blackbirds with different bill colours again to do if it is a UK bird or not. I am sure that someone will put their view across here.

    Starlings have varying bill colours too but I do not know if it means anything about where they come from in the world I think I have noticed is that Starlings have a lot more pointy bills and they have no qualms stealing food from other birds on the feeders so they are cheeky chappies. That bill is sharp.

    For your interest, I have seen 'Spotless Starlings' in Southern Spain and they do not have the irridescent spots on their feather's like the Starlings we have in the UK and yes that is their species name. They are as black as coal

    Seen Blackbirds take a few pecks at the if Starlings get too close to them.- so their bills serve them well.

    Love your cross drawing of Blackbird and Starling and cross section of both species

    Regards

    Kathy and Dave