JAPANESE TIT AND OTHER SMALL BIRDS
Species order and family: Passeriformes, Paridae
Size: 5–6.3 in (13–16 cm)
Lives in mountains and forests, as well as urban parks.
Colored pencils used for Japanese tit
1. Sketch the shape of the entire body in gray. With the black pencil, draw the eye.
2. In black, draw the pattern that extends from the head to the belly. Lightly color in the wing using dark blue, filling in the top part with black. The legs and feet can be drawn in gray.
3. Layer the coloring on the head using dark blue. Color in the back using chartreuse, adding gradation to the blue parts. The belly can be filled in with light gray and off-white.
Species order and family: Passeriformes, Paridae
Size: 5–6 in (13–15 cm)
Lives in forests. Body appears slightly larger than a Japanese tit.
Colored pencils used for varied tit
1. Using gray, sketch the shape of the entire body, and with black, draw the eye.
2. Draw the pattern on the head and throat in black. Then, with your periwinkle pencil, color in the wing. The legs and feet should be drawn in gray.
3. Fill in the blank parts on the face, head, and chest using mustard yellow. Next, using reddish orange, color in the belly and back. Layer the coloring on the belly using mustard yellow.
Species order and family: Passeriformes, Aegithalidae
Size: 4.8–6 in (12–15 cm)
Lives in the woods. Not including the tail, the size of the body is smaller than a sparrow’s.
Colored pencils used for long-tailed tit
1. Sketch the shape of the entire body in your gray pencil, and with black, draw the eye and beak.
2. Still using your black pencil, draw the pattern on the head, and color in the edges of the wing and tail. Switching to gray, draw the legs and feet.
3. Add a touch of dark mauve above the eye and, using the same pencil, lightly color in below the belly. Layer the coloring on the back and belly with buff. Now with bluish gray, draw the feathers on the chest. Lastly, fill in the blank areas with white.
Species order and family: Passeriformes, Paridae
Size: 4.3 in (11 cm)
A beautiful bird from Europe with blue and yellow plumage.
Colored pencils used for Eurasian blue tit
1. With your gray pencil, sketch the shape of the entire body. Using black, draw the eye.
2. Color in the top of the head, the wing, and the tail with bright blue. Draw the lines on either side of the eye, as well as the pattern on the neck and chin, using bright blue before layering over it with black. Still using black, draw the feathers on the lower part of the wing. Switch to gray to draw the legs and feet.
3. Color in the back and belly with bright yellow. Add gradations of color on the back with chartreuse. Fill in the blank parts of the face with white.
CUTE SMALL BIRDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Size: 4 in (10 cm)
Tiny! The top of its head looks like a yellow chrysanthemum.
Size: 4.9–5.5 in (12.5–14 cm)
Small bird found throughout England. Appears often in folktales.
Size: 4.8–6 in (12–15 cm)
Long-tailed tit with a white face that lives on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. They look like little snow sprites.
Size: 8 in (20 cm)
In the summer, it can be found by mountain streams and rivers. Similar to a yellow wagtail.
* Symbols for male and female indicate birds that differ in color between the sexes.