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I copied this from a coloring book on birds that I bought recently. Lui kept telling me that I should try to draw and write about the things I see around me. And since I love drawing birds I can make better drawings of them by copying images from the book I bought.
Now this is my close up drawing of the Hornbill above. Macro drawings help improve my coloring and drawing techniques:
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And this is my parrot drawing which I did this week:
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