Moon- Inktober Day 18

A bird with the moon in its beak sounded like a good idea at first, then I thought, how about a giant bird standing on the moon and singing it’s heart out? It be cool if that were to happen! Birb superiority!

The bird here is known as the Bluethroat. I did a few studies of it previously, link below!

I made use of the Royal talens Indian ink, ink pens, white gouache, Sinoart sketchbook and some tape.

I started by sketching the bird first. I used a compass to draw the moon after which I painted the first layers of the moon. I wasn’t sure about how to use the ink pens to shade the moon, so I went for the liquid ink instead. For the bird, I used the ink pens as I wanted the shading to feel energetic.
The last step was the background, in order to get a good contrast, I painted it black. Also, to make it come alive, I painted it in a circular motion, which is why some lighter patches are visible. This was fun to create!