Spoonbills are one of my favourite birds to watch. Their ungainly bills and hunched pose, their unique feeding method, bill slightly open, swishing in shallow water left and right, left and right, moving with long strides, until their sensitive bill makes contact with prey, when they snap it shut, then swallow. They might look positively goofy, but Eurasian Spoonbills are stunning birds. In breeding plumage they grow a large tuft of plumes at the back of their heads and an orange wash on their chest to complement their bill tip. I drew the Spoonbill portrait on my Wacom tablet on ArtRage software, using watercolours, ink pens and pencils.
Bird Sketches 