A wildlife calendar provided the inspiration for Julia's bird drawings. Birds are complex creatures to draw, so in order to simplify the task, we taped her chosen photo onto a drawing board beside a piece of drawing paper. Then we drew a same size frame on the drawing paper. Next, we took a large sheet of paper and placed it over the bottom 3/4 of the photo and the drawing paper, so that only the upward pointing beak of the one bird was visable. This gave Julia an isolated view of the beak, a relatively simple shape. Holding the "cover paper" in place, she began drawing that shape, taking into account where it was situated on the page, it's length, width, angle, etc. When finished, she moved the cover sheet down, exposing the head and part of the neck below. She proceeded to draw that section, continuing gradually down the page, completing section by section, until both birds were completed. As a beginner, she found the exercise challenging, but I think you'll agree, she did a great job!
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