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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
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FOUNDATIONAL TUTORIALS
Stick Figures to Songbirds Mini-course
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 (6:42)
Drawing from Videos
Drawing from Life (9:44)
Drawing from Memory (4:00)
Drawing from other Artists
SKETCHING TUTORIAL on BIRD FAMILIES
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American Kestrel Sketching Workshop (82:36)
Barn Owl Sketching Workshop (74:35)
Black Kite Sketching Workshop (87:10)
Cardinals; Family Cardinalidae (87:04)
Cranes of the World Workshop (102:07)
Doves; Family Columbidae (79:11)
Finches, Euphonia, and Allies; Family Fringillidae (92:50)
Hummingbirds; Family Trochilidae (85:10)
Jays; Family Corvidae (77:06)
Kingfishers (100:23)
New World Quail; Family Odontophoridae (70:07)
New and Old World Sparrow Families Passerellidae/Passeridae (77:37)
New World Warblers, Family Parulidae (60:46)
Northern Pintail Sketching Workshop (58:55)
Orioles, Blackbirds, and Allies; Family Icteridae (72:28)
Penguin Sketching Workshop (125:33)
Sparrow Family; Golden-crowned and White-crowned (67:40)
Thrushes; Family Turdidae (146:35)
Titmice, Tits, and Chickadee: Family Paridae (64:33)
Tyrant Flycatchers (74:06)
Wild Turkey Workshop and Pheasant Family (107:08)
Waterfowl Workshop (186:40)
West Indian Woodpecker Workshop
Woodpeckers; Family Picadae (129:11)
Wren Sketching Workshop; Family Troglodytidae (59:22)
BONUS CONTENT
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Whole Brain Sketching Exercises Workshop (111:54)
Showcase of Quick Sketching and Painting Techniques (14:10)
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 (5:29)
Recommended Field Sketching Setup (3:29)
Tip Video: Sketching in Public Places (6:42)
Gesture Sketching Demonstration on Oregon Birds (30:14)
World Migratory Bird Day 2023 Workshop (142:54)
Arctic Tern Sketch and Paint Workshop (45:34)
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 and Booklets
Migratory Birds Coloring Booklet
STUDENT GALLERY
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CONCLUSION AND KEEPING IN TOUCH
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