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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 (19:41)
Shading Techniques (41:32)
Six Steps to Sketching Success (41:02)
BASICS OF BIRD TOPOGRAPHY
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Head and Body Characteristics (94:56)
Wing Characteristics (115:47)
Tail Characteristics (81:03)
Leg and Foot Characteristics (105:56)
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 (85:10)
Thrushes; Family Turdidae (146:35)
New World Warblers, Family Parulidae (56:46)
Woodpeckers; Family Picadae (22:22)
Jays; Family Corvidae
Sparrow Families Passerellidae/Passeridae
Sparrow Family; Golden-crowned and White-crowned (67:40)
Doves; Family Columbidae
Cardinals; Family Cardinalidae (87:04)
Titmice, Tits, and Chickadee: Family Paridae (64:33)
New World Quail; Family Odontophoridae
Finches, Euphonia, and Allies; Family Fringillidae
Orioles, Blackbirds, and Allies; Family Icteridae (72:28)
BONUS CONTENT
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Live Workshop on Whole Brain Sketching Exercises
Showcase of Quick Sketching and Painting Techniques
Working on Toned Papers (19:27)
Sketching Tip: Do a Big Day! (3:10)
Sketching Tip: Drawing Upside Down (2:48)
Gearing Up for A Day of Sketching in the Field (2:13)
Sketchbook Flip-through with Field Sketching Tips
Bird Videos for Sketching Practice (9:35)
Recommended Field Sketching Setup (3:29)
Tip Video: Sketching in Public Places
Gesture Sketching Demonstration on Oregon Birds
American Kestrel Sketching Workshop (82:36)
Northern Pintail Sketching Workshop (58:55)
Penguin Sketching Workshop
Black Kite Sketching Workshop (87:10)
Cranes of the World Workshop (102:07)
Barn Owl Sketching Workshop (74:35)
West Indian Woodpecker Workshop
Wild Turkey Workshop (101:18)
Waterfowl Workshop (19:57)
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
KID'S SECTION
Downloadable Coloring Pages
STUDENT GALLERY
Share your sketches!
CONCLUSION AND KEEPING IN TOUCH
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