'Wherever I Am, I Am Always Birding'
from NY Times, a short interview with the famous illustrator David Sibley.
no paywall link below.
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Do you have any formal training in illustration?
No, I am self-taught.
I should say that I don’t consider myself really an artist as much as a scientific illustrator. I am trying to convey information, and it’s all about the details of the bird: the shape, the posture, the colors, the patterns. The outline is the most important part; if that’s right, everything else sort of falls into place, and it’s just like a coloring book.
How often, and where, do you go birding?
I’m lucky now to live in a place where I can just step outside and walk into the woods or around some fields and go birding right here. But I am always aware of birds. I am listening and watching through a window or along the road — wherever I am, I am always birding.
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Link to very brief story and picture Sibley drew of a black-capped chickadee.
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