12 December 07
The Head
Three feather features to be aware of when drawing a bird head:
1) Most birds have some kind of eye ring, formed by tiny bristle feathers.
2) The ears of most birds are covered by harder, bristly feathers, which extend behind the eye, come down and forward, and then up toward the bottom of the mouth. This makes an angular shape, called the auricular patch. In many birds, the angle of the head protrudes here.
3) The feathers on top of the lower bill make a mustache stripe or malar stripe. They share a border with the lower auricular patch.
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