BiRd IllustratioNs

By Cin-Ty Lee ©

 

Here is a small selection of bird sketches from 1990 to 2000. 

I am in the process of scanning in the paintings I did subsequent to 2000, so stay tuned for more!            

 

 

Barn Swallow (pen & ink)

American Redstart (gouache)

 

Firecrest (gouache)

 

Black-headed Shrike

Lanius schach (gouache)

Hairy, Downy, & Nuttall’s Woodpeckers (scratchboard)

Cape May & Blackburnian

Warblers (gouache)

 

field sketch of Common Yellowthroat (watercolor)

Johnstone’s Bushrobin (gouache)

ducks in Boston (ink)

 

American Avocet with young (watercolor)

Whinchat (gouache)

European Bee-eaters

(gouache)

Red-headed, Taiwan,  & Green-backed Tits (gouache)

Chinese & Styan’s Bulbuls

(gouache)

Minivet (gouache)

Mikado Pheasant (pen & ink)

 

Buff-bellied Pipits (Anthus rubescens)

L = A. r. japonicus, R = A. r. pacificus

 

 

 

 

 

 

and when boredom strikes, chaos reigns………. Below are snippets of mixing palletes used to create the above gouache plates.  The birds originate from this mess.