Bird Paintings

These are sketches of bird-esque creatures, existing and non-existing. They were rough sketches for a poster I made in my Drawing as Design Process class. The Poster for a Ballet Russe from 1920's France, called "L'Oiseau de Feu" or "The Fire Bird". The ballet was entirely scored by Igor Stravinsky. The concept behind my sketches was "abstraction". I wanted to make a bird that didn't necessarily look like your typical phoenix.

Each bird was painted on either 11"x17" paper or 18"x24".