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Sketching Backyard Birds for Beginners
WELCOME AND START HERE!
Course Orientation (6:19)
About Your Instructor
Course Booklet
Getting Started with Nature Sketching Booklet
Bird Reference Photos
Free Weekly Sketching Tips
Included Bonus Courses
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FOUNDATIONAL TUTORIALS
Representational Drawing Tutorials
Shading Techniques
Six Steps to Sketching Success (3:54)
BASICS OF BIRD TOPOGRAPHY
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Head and Body Characteristics
Wing Characteristics
Tail Characteristics
Leg and Foot Characteristics
STEPS IN MASTERING BIRD SKETCHING
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Drawing from Photographs
Drawing from Models
Drawing from Specimens
Drawing from Videos
Drawing from Life
Drawing from Memory
Drawing from other Artists
SKETCHING TUTORIAL on BIRD FAMILIES
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Hummingbirds; Family Trochilidae
Thrushes; Family Turdidae
New World Warblers, Family Parulidae
Woodpeckers; Family Picadae
Jays; Family Corvidae
Sparrow Families Passerellidae/Passeridae
Sparrow Family; Golden-crowned and White-crowned
Doves; Family Columbidae
Cardinals; Family Cardinalidae
Titmice, Tits, and Chickadee: Family Paridae
New World Quail; Family Odontophoridae
Finches, Euphonia, and Allies; Family Fringillidae
Orioles, Blackbirds, and Allies; Family Icteridae
KID'S SECTION
Downloadable Coloring Pages
LEARN MORE ABOUT BIRDS
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Recommended Reading
Bird Conservation Organizations
How to Help Birds
Podcasts About Birds
Bird Web Cams
Blog Posts about Birds
Bird Identification and Photo Source Websites
BONUS CONTENT
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Live Workshop on Whole Brain Sketching Exercises
Showcase of Quick Sketching and Painting Techniques
Working on Toned Papers
Sketching Tip: Do a Big Day!
Sketching Tip: Drawing Upside Down
Gearing Up for A Day of Sketching in the Field
Sketchbook Flip-through with Field Sketching Tips
Bird Videos for Sketching Practice
Recommended Field Sketching Setup
Tip Video: Sketching in Public Places
Live Workshop: Sketching Toucans
Gesture Sketching Demonstration on Oregon Birds
American Kestrel Sketching Workshop
Northern Pintail Sketching Workshop
Barn Owl Sketching Workshop
Penguin Sketching Workshop
Black Kite Sketching Workshop
Cranes of the World Workshop
West Indian Woodpecker Workshop
Wild Turkey Workshop
Waterfowl Workshop (19:57)
STUDENT GALLERY
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CONCLUSION AND KEEPING IN TOUCH
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