Going with the Yellow
sketch laid out
09-09-2026
1.5 hours in
09-10-2026
spent another 1.5 hours
09-11-2026
trying a new technique for this drawing, we will see if I like it (2 hours)
09-12-2026
Morning update: 09-13-2026 (lost track of hours…)
Morning update: 09-14-2026
adding in some of those feather details
update with different lighting to show the yellow
09-15-2026
spent the morning working on the eye
09-16-2026
09-16-2026
just working on more feather detail and laying out the wing feathers
UPDATE: 09-17-2026
Using white and black charcoal to make gray is difficult (for me)
09-18-2026
really loving the way these feathers are turning gray
(2.5 hours this morning)
09-19-2026
2 hours
09-20-26
beginning the background
09-21-2026
I am enjoying this effect, almost like he is coming from the paper
09-22-2026
darkening the shadow
09-23-2026
Complete!
09-24-2026
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“The Prothonotary Warbler”
Charcoal
50cm x 65cm ( 19.685” x 25.5906” )
The Prothonotary Warbler gets the famous name after “prothonotaries” which are papal clerks in the Catholic Church who traditionally wore bright yellow robes. This bird lives in wet, swampy deciduous forests, flooded bottomlands, and slow-moving rivers, earning it the nickname "swamp warbler"
This warbler is a popular songbird who makes nests in dead trees along with manmade nest boxes.
