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    Drawing & Painting Birds

    Dec 02, 2016 3 minutes
    By Leonie Norton

    Birds or other pollinators can enhance a painting with added information and interest. They can add life to an otherwise basic painting and can make your work glow and stand out from the crowd. They are a definite enhancement for any botanical painting, and the same detailed painting techniques and processes are used for birds as for botanical.

    OBSERVATION is the key to drawing and painting birds, as well as clear photographs. It

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