![A pencil drawing of a house sparrow in my Lockdown art journal in traditional, , realistic style . Bird art in pencil](https://i2.wp.com/margarethallfineart.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200702_142223.jpg?fit=525%2C579&ssl=1)
This post is all about birds and Bird Art . I suppose I have taken more notice of the ones visiting my garden during Lockdown . I certainly have heard more birdsong than usual in the first few weeks of isolation , when the world was quieter.
This first image shows a common garden bird in the UK – a house sparrow. This bird art pencil drawing was done for a challenge set by a painting group I belong to .
An art journal page painted in Lockdown 2020
![A row of seagulls on the sea wall - bird art in acrylic.](https://i2.wp.com/margarethallfineart.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200612_095406-scaled.jpg?fit=525%2C760&ssl=1)
I started to keep an art journal in March and I have done a few intuitive abstract composition in mixed media like this one ( Birdman ) . I just painted in watercolour on brown toned paper without much thought , and a birdlike shape appeared , cradled in the hands of a rather strange looking man.
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My next image is a blast from the past actually (apologies for the poor quality phone snap ) . Again , this was a challenge that I set for Barnsley Art Society a couple of years ago . Bird Art with seagulls ! Mine was painted in acrylic in just over an hour .Wouldn’t it be nice to go on a trip to the seaside right now ? ( only two hours drive from where I live )
![A work in progress - a watercolour sketch of a pigeon](https://i1.wp.com/margarethallfineart.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200702_150536.jpg?fit=525%2C563&ssl=1)
And the last one I’d like to show you is a work in progress from my journal . Again , an unplanned , instinctive work , just a watercolour doodle to begin with . And then I realised I was moving towards painting a pigeon !
These are just the first layers. I shall probably add more watercolour and oil pastel then I’ll post it as soon as I have finished it . See it here .
So , that’s my post . A tribute to Birds – they have certainly kept my spirits up during this strange time . I wonder if anyone else has noticed a trend in the type of art they have been producing during social isolation ?
Bird Art Carved in Wood
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