Almost done

 Been a productive weekend ... this is the Macaw ... nearly finished now.

I thought I would go through what I had done, but am too tired ... some of the steps are shown below.   I might come edit it in the next few days and put in more of the base layer photos.

I am really happy how he pops off the page.   You know, I really didn't know that I could draw like this - well I knew I could draw - but not like this with coloured pencils ... I really do love it a lot - very satisfying.
Enjoy.  Jane

 Beak finished, doing more layering on the feather areas.   The beak has maybe 10 layers of colour.

 More layering on the feathered areas ... I ended up putting about 12 layers down.

 The black chest feathers are done and I am starting to put the feather details in on the orange/green areas.  Also more on the face ... lots of wrinkles on that face.

 A close up of the nearly finished pic...forgot to turn the flash off so the beak/face looks a bit washed out.

My work space