Rooks on the brain

Crows are my passion at the moment.
Rooks in particular, they're so charismatic.
The juveniles strut around in gangs, squabbling and squawking and throwing shapes, just like teenagers!
I've been taking lots of photographs and now I've finally started to sketch from them.
I did these two with my Inktense watersoluble pencils and then finished them off in photoshop by posterizing them.
I think it gives the sketches a more dynamic look.

Have a look at the cutest odd couple, it's like something Walt Disney would have made a movie out of:)

Drawing jam

This is the first time I've participated in the Drawing Jam over at the drawingboard.org.
It's a great idea, and I've been meaning to take part but kept forgetting about it.
Until today, I was reminded by a post on creative evolutions.
What happens in the drawing jam is that every month somebody posts up a few different photographs of the same model and everybody draws their version and shares.
So you get to see the same thing done in lots of different styles and techniques.
Pretty cool.
My attempt is done with pencil and watersoluble ink pencils and pen.
As is my wont, I didn't manage to fit her all on the page, sorry 'bout that Miranda!
Nor does it look like Miranda Kerr, but at least it looks like a person:)
Someone with a bit of a neck:)