More Practice at Sketching Birds

Until I need a change of subject, I'll probably be sharing several more like this.  Again sketching on cartridge paper using Staedtler Mars 2B and 6B pencils.

Lately I've been sketching larger than I'm normally used to working.  I've stepped up from a 5 x 7 sketchbook to an A4 size.  This little guy takes up half the sheet. 

One last note - This is a bit bluish in tint but that comes from photographing rather than scanning my work.  To remove the blue cast, I would have lost the lighter shading around the bird.