Wanna try draw birds in different mediums, any suggestions?

[BirdyBee]

Hi guys, just got a random idea. It's popping up in my mind the whole time, and I really want to do it. I am going to do it in a realistic style.

I just want to practice a bit and get better at art, and I really want to try birds I have never drawn before.

I want to try draw birds(mostly parrots, suggestions welcome!) using different mediums(I'm not doing digital, though)

Mediums I have available ATM:
Pencil
Colour pencil
Acrylic
Watercolour
Watercolour pencil
Pastel
Pastel crayons

If you know of any other affordable mediums that I could use, please suggest some. Also, what cool birds should I try? I don't just want to do budgies and cockatiels only, lol. I am going to try draw some of the birds in this thread:

I can do art of your bird :)

Do you want a drawing of your fid(s)? I am more than happy to draw them, for free. I do traditional art and digital, realistic and cartoony. PM me if you are interested and send a pic of your bird. Here are some of my digital drawings...

www.parrotforums.com

If you want me to draw one of your birds, please PM me or share a pic in the thread

 

[HeatherG]

I think soft pastels and pastel pencils should work really well for drawing birds. Oil pastels can be pretty harsh although they are vivid enough to depict a brightly colored bird.

I got a deal on 36 artists markers and I think that would be a good way to hand-illustrate kind of like Rosalka does her parrots on computer.

 

[BirdyBee]

Hey there, thanks for the suggestions! I have some kokis(markers) laying around, so I'll use those. Sounds like a fun idea. They're not specifically for art, but they'll work fine.

 

[HeatherG]

This is not drawing, but I bought a needlepoint book on sale because it has a raven pattern that I want to make:

There’s another pattern called “orange border” that I could put a green Quaker parakeet with orangeish bill right in the center. Or two Quakers facing away from each other.

 

[HeatherG]

Orange border: plus Quaker or two in center.

There’s GOT TO BE computer programs to make needlepoint designs from photos. Actually I found a low quality very pixelated photo of a Quaker that looks very much like a needlepoint graph.

I look at this low quality photo and can almost choose five greens and four greys and a couple creams and peaches to make the graph for embroidery.