A watercolour drawing of a Western tanager. This bird stands out for its beautiful bright orange and yellow colours. Combined with its black wing feathers, the colours really splash off the bird. This is a male bird during the mating season, when its feathers are at their best, to impress the females.
The songbird was first drawn with crown pen and India ink and coloured in with transparent watercolour and watercolour markers. Later, the background was added digitally. The green leaves of the branches were drawn separately with coloured pencil and also added digitally.
This species is native to North America and winters in Panama. They are between 16 centimetres and 19 centimetres long and have a wingspan of about 33 centimetres. They weigh about 35 grams.
As a bird lover, I also like to draw birds. This little bird has such beautiful plumage that I wanted to add it to my bird collection.
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