.... and crested tits

And this was the study of the crested tits made for the composition of  "the great beech and crested tits".
Now I'm going to color it...:-)

the great beech and crested tits

You might think of a simple composition, and in part it is, but hides a little story that led me to a "daring" settlement: Crested Tit and beechnuts in the foreground and the background the great tree. With friends we went to walk up to this impressive and famous century-old plant, with ears alert to the birds sound, but not content with having only heard in the distance the calls of these tits, rare in Tuscany, I  tried to attract them with their sound registered in my phone. Well, the tits came over our heads and maybe even a little irritated by our artificial calls, leaving the indelible image of this moment that I tried to represent ...

Crested Tit in Belgium

(Water paint, Crested Tit)

This is my first contribution to the ‘Sketching in Nature’ group. I’m in Belgium nearby a lovely botanical garden, woodlands and heather fields.
The main medium I work with is coloured pencils although I like to make quick sketches with graphite pencil and water paint to study objects like birds, butterflies and bugs.
The main objects of drawing for me are Bugs, Butterflies, Birds, Botanical and other Beautiful things. I hope my contributions will be at least as enjoyable as yours!

May I start with this little Crested Tit? It visited us last week. It wasn’t too shy since we could enjoy its visits to the bird feeder. However, it was lowest in the pecking order and had to wait till Great Tits, Blue Tits and Nuthatches had their seeds.

Paula Kuitenbrouwer
owner of Mindful Drawing.com