Winds: Drawing Apus pacificus | Inktober Day 1


Winds can carry you but you choose the direction you fly. Find your direction, and the winds will change to carry you there.


Hi!

It's October and thousands of people are planning to take the Inktober challenge.



What's the Inktober Challenge?

Inktober is a 31-day daily art challenge in October every year with a focus on drawing in ink or inking, started by Jake Parker in 2009.

Thousands of artists get their inking gear out to show off their inking skills and talk about this challenge every year. The excitement is real and the thrill to draw more inspires more and more people every time October comes around.

Though the focus is on inking, I'm going to focus on learning how to draw in perspective. This is episode 1.

Materials
This was drawn on Fabriano Accademia 120gsm paper using Stabilo point 88 no.96 pen and Brustro Technical Pens.

Inspiration
The official prompt for the first day of Inktober is 'Swift'. So, I decided to draw Apus pacificus, scientific name for the Pacific Swift -- one of the common Swift birds found in India.

Interesting fact: A swift is always in the air. It does everything while flying, even mating. The only time it lands is for breeding. It's believed that a swift can be up in the air flying for ten months at a time!

Which means: A swift understands the true meaning of settling down because it's the only time it lands. (tee hee)

Also, the Swift bird apparently doesn't use twigs and leaves to make its nest. It fashions its saliva into a bowl shaped nest. In India and China, this nest is boiled and made into something called Bird's Nest Soup - yeah, look it up!

Alright - that's my time. You three people who are watching this, hugs.

Thanks again for watching!

As always, let me know what you think in the comments below or come say hi




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