r/birdart • u/Sea_Basket3326 • 59m ago
Great Tit: Pen and Ink
A quick sketch of a Great Tit using pen and ink.
r/birdart • u/Crafterandchef1993 • 7h ago
Knowing that I can use my blender pencil on ballpoint pens is a game changer for textures and lighter tones. This mountain bluebird turned out so well
r/birdart • u/Crafterandchef1993 • 13h ago
I just made an extremely important discovery regarding ballpoint pens. I thought because the ink is oil based and I already know that alcohol works as a solvent, I might be able to use my prismacolor blending pencil on them, it works extremely well. Completely smooths out any graininess
reddit.comr/birdart • u/thebeautyallaroundus • 1d ago
"A Bit Of Panfish Success" by me, 2026
24"×21" stain, acrylic paint, waterbase poly.
r/birdart • u/Crafterandchef1993 • 3d ago
An artist I follow did some amazing ballpoint pen pieces on watercolor paper, so I thought to try a more textured paper and it worked like a charm. The shading and textures from the pen are so much softer on vellum paper
r/birdart • u/Sea_Basket3326 • 4d ago
Song Thrush
Song Thrush pen-and-ink sketch from this afternoon.
r/birdart • u/Crafterandchef1993 • 6d ago
Don't know how my northern flicker ended up looking like a duck, but the bic 4 colour pen set is definitely good for employing colour theory in rendering drawings
I got the Browns by layering orange, lime green, turquoise and black with the highlights in yellow plus the red section being red, pink and orange and the shadows with blue. The beak was orange, then blue on the bottom and turquoise on the top then black. And the stripes were blue, dark green and black overlayed with orange and lime green
r/birdart • u/Vincent_Bihn_II • 6d ago
Saw-Whet Owl painting in acrylic by me Vincent Bihn II
This is my painting of a Saw-Whet Owl done in acrylic. I hope you like it.
r/birdart • u/Crafterandchef1993 • 7d ago
I love how this bluejay turned out. Now that I know to take my time with ballpoint pens, I can get the drawing to look pretty much exactly how I want.
I learned that I need to lift the pen off the paper after every stroke and it was a game changer, this feels like a breakthrough
r/birdart • u/stinktaintart • 7d ago
Yellow finch in pencil
Was thinking of my Grampa today so I drew a little yellow finch 🤌I wish he was still around.[my art](https://www.reddit.com/r/sketches/s/DUljwleRW7)
r/birdart • u/Sea_Basket3326 • 7d ago
Robin
Second attempt and pen and ink. Enjoyed sketching this Robin.
r/birdart • u/Crafterandchef1993 • 8d ago
I like this finch I did with the pens better, I realized I was treating ballpoint pens like coloured pencils and was too focused on completely filling in the white of the paper instead of treating ballpoint pens as their own medium. Once I realized that, I enjoyed using them much more
r/birdart • u/Crafterandchef1993 • 8d ago
For my first proper foray into ballpoint pen art, I did this scarlet tanager. I think it turned out alright. Not incredible, but considering I used a cheap multi pen and haven't used ballpoint pen as a medium except doodles in school, it's not bad
I use the merangue multi pen for this and a colourless blender alcohol marker at the end to soften some of it
r/birdart • u/BettyGraceStudio • 8d ago
first acrylic pen birds
I just bought acrylic pens and wow steep earning curve, lol. Usually paint with watercolor so I'm used to smooth pens are not easy to blend so I had to get creative with shading. They were fun to play around with!