Original artwork description:

The latest in a new series of bird paintings, this one depicts your classic city pigeon. I know a lot of people don't like pigeons, and call them 'sky rats', but I've always had a soft spot for them. Maybe it was watching the cartoon Pigeon Street when I was younger? Either way, I couldn't do a series of paintings about birds without including these city dwelling wonders.

Last year, after installing a bird box on our London flat balcony, I was surprised at the amount of bird visitors we had considering it's a fairly built up city area. I started to sketch birds and a new style of hand-drawn lettering at the same time, when the idea of turning them into a series of poster-like paintings of birds occurred to me.

As with my other paintings, which are usually of food, I've aimed for a bold, graphic style of image rather than realism. Each bird picture also has it's own name in hand-drawn typography at the top, plus a simple background sketch of the usual habitat it can be found in.

It was painted in acrylics and Posca pen on thick high quality A3 paper. It is signed on the back.

PLEASE NOTE: the painting doesn't come framed, but I've taken photos of it in a white A3 frame for display purposes. The final picture shows the other current bird pictures available in my shop, and mocks up what they could all look like together.

Size - standard A3
11.69 x 16.54 inches
29.7 cm x 42 cm
Roughly 1mm thick

Materials used:

Acrylic Paint, Paper, Paintbrush, Posca pen

Tags:

#nature #pop art #bird #birds #animal #animals #pigeon #pigeons #bird illustration #bird artwork #bird art #pigeon fancier #pigeons painting #pigeon painting #london pigeon 

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