Flying raptors paintings

My latest works are these flying bird illustrations and silhouettes for a Birds Guide to Sit Natura 2000.

I  made this paintings in Photoshop with my Wacom Pen tablet.  I tryed to illustrate juvennile and adult or male and female birds with their typical plummage.

Aquila pomarina

Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina)

Pernis apivorus

Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)

Buteo buteo

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Accipiter gentilis

Goshawk ( Accipiter gentilis)

Falco subbuteo

Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)

Falco tinnunculus

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Birds of Prey silhouette

  1. Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina)
  2. Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
  3. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
  4. Goshawk ( Accipiter gentilis)
  5. Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
  6. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)


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Common buzzard Drawing

I made this pencil drawing after a photo. I liked the juvenile common buzzard (Buteo buteo) very light feathers color and I decided to illustrate in black and white.

A4 size – pencil drawing

Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Here is the head detail:

Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) head

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