I enjoyed sketching the bird. The drawing came easier although the structure and 3-d need a lot of work. The challenge for me is watercolours and specifically the colours and effects. I may not have noticed the leaves and branches. These would help put the subject into context.
I have kept note books with my bird and wildlife sightings with some pencil sketches and some watercolours for over 30 years but over the past 5 years my photography has taken over and I’m now keen to get back and start drawing and painting to illustrate my notes and improve on my very rusty skills! In answer to the second question, the drawings and paintings shown over a month were excellent and I love the concept of putting subjects in context with plants, trees, leaves flowers etc. I like the idea of having multiple sketches that show the subjects behaviour or stances, with some just pencil drawings and notes and others in watercolour. The sketches below are from notebooks 10 years ago!