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This is one of my newer drawings.
We had gone to an exhibit at our local science museum on "Birds of Paradise". They were so impressive to me that I wanted to do my next art drawing with them.
This drawing is done in colored pencil and is 14x18 inches. Took me a while!
This is my drawing of the Red bird-of-paradise (or paradisaea rubra)
Here are some facts about birds-of-paradise:
Most species of birds-of-paradise are found on the island of New Guinea.
Their diet consists mostly of fruits, berries and insects.
Although most species of birds-of-paradise are not seriously threatened, they are seeing a decline in population due to deforestation.
There are about 40 species of birds-of-paradise.
The constellation Apus depicts a bird-of-paradise.
More Information can be found here: Source