Look at any bird and know how to begin.
The foundation that makes it possible. From the first line to the finished drawing.
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There is a structure underneath every bird.
You see a bird. You want to draw it. Where do you start?
Most people begin with the outline and hope it looks right. Sometimes it does. Most of the time something is off, and you can't tell what.
Drawing Birds gives you the starting point.
The book walks you through a base that works for practically any bird. Once you have it, you look at a bird and know where to begin - and how to take the drawing all the way to the end.
What you'll learn
The book builds one skill on top of the next, in order.
The starting shape
Every bird, no matter the species, starts from the same simple structure. This is the foundation everything else builds on.
How proportions work
Why some birds look long, some round, some compact. How to see it before you draw, so the bird reads right from the start.
Heads, wings, tails
The parts that make every bird look different. How they attach to the body and how to place them.
Guided studies
Birds drawn step by step so you can follow along. You see every decision and understand why it's made.
Inside the book
Each chapter is a step in the same practice.
What people are saying
"Really good book. Just enough of good and useful information for the beginning of the journey. Everything is explained clearly and well. Love those pages for practices. Thank you Polina for creating this for us."
"It has helped me to look at birds in a different way creatively and Polina's birds are gorgeous! So happy I purchased this to improve one of my favourite subjects to draw and paint!"
The artist
Polina Bright is a Fine Art Watercolor Artist.
Her work spans portrait, figure, and nature, with birds being one of the favourite recurring subjects.
Drawing Birds is one part of that practice: her approach to making sure birds stay true to their shapes, regardless of the size of the painting.
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Common questions
The practice is the same at every level. Beginners enter at the first line. Experienced artists find the structural frame underneath their own work.
The Practice Pack is an opening. Drawing Birds is the full method: structure and foundation, shape variations, head and wing anatomy, guided studies, and independent practice. The Practice Pack shows the idea. The book is the practice.
Drawing Birds is a digital workbook. Instant access after purchase. Practice pages are designed to be printed and drawn on directly.
Yes. The current price is the early-bird tier. When this tier is exhausted, the price moves up. The price you see is the price you pay today.
With the underlying frame. Before the feathers, before the detail, before anything you would recognise as a bird. The structure the rest of the drawing hangs from.
Yes. The method is structural. It holds whether you work in pencil, ink, watercolor, or on a tablet.