Just by trying out all the various techniques might you find what ends up the best for you personally. You might, for example, rough in the basic forms and also tones in either watercolor or pastel, and finally round off your drawing by drawing in the more finely detailed parts with your colored pencils.Īs usual you should explore many different strategies to find your very own unique style. You can integrate colored pencil with other mediums such as watercolor or pastel. INCORPORATING VARIOUS TOOLS FOR A DISTINCT RESULT WITH YOUR ANIMAL DRAWINGS The juvenile in the first winter resembles an adult winter puffin, but the beak is much smaller and darker and can be confused with the little auk. The adults in winter have their bills smaller, and the eye surround is dark greyish. Something to bear in mind for your Puffin drawing, they have a short stern, giving the impression of wings placed far back on the body, and the orange feet are often surprisingly obvious. Another way to tell them apart from the Guillemot is the lack of a white trailing edge to the arm, and the rump lacks white sides. They have a rather dark underwing although some grayish-white is visible at close range.
At distance in flight, they can be told apart by the shorter thicker body and the large rounded head which is pale in summer. The puffin floats high in the water, and it appears to be 60% the size of a Guillemot. In terms of identification, in summer the adults are parrot-like with huge colorful bills.Īt close range they readily identifiable, the combination of the bill and the dark unbroken band of white across their chests. They are commonly seen close to their colonies, however, the will Winter further out to sea than other Auks. They nest in colonies in Burrows on steep grassy slopes by coastal Cliffs.
Atlantic puffins very interesting birds with a beautiful colored beak.
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