Fox Sparrow, ink on scratchboard, copyright David Sibley
Painted Redstart and Bridled Titmouse, gouache on Bristol Board. copyright 2012 David Sibley.
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Commissioned Paintings
I am currently offering commissioned paintings of the bird of your choice. Click for examples and more info.
Please contact me with any questions about commissions or older work.
Prints
Prints of several of my paintings are available. See Prints for sale for more info about these.
How-to…
How to Draw Birds: In fall 2009 I stopped in at the offices of Amazon.com in Seattle, Washington, where I met a couple of young birder/artists and talked about drawing birds. Several short videos from that afternoon are now posted here.
How I paint: Most of my bird paintings are done in gouache (opaque watercolor) on Strathmore Bristol Board, and over the years I’ve developed a style involving transparent/translucent layers of paint to represent the colors and textures of birds. A slideshow showing one painting from start to finish can be found at this post.
Rick Volkmar says
Shoot – I must be doing something wrong. I can find no site listed
as “sibleyart” and this so-called gallery is very disappointing. Not
only are there just a smattering of examples, but they are too small
to get any idea of their quality. Considering the spectacular wealth
of paintings in the Sibley Guide, I don’t get this site. I’ve been
painting birds for sixty years and I love your opaque wc works, and
am even emulating the technique with oil on paper, but this is just
a major-league bummer. Regards, Rick
David Sibley says
Rick,
Thanks for the comments. I’ve been working on a number of things to post here, and just got one of them up. I hope to have a few more essays, and a sampler of my work, posted in the next month or two.
KIM says
To whom it may concern
Iam trying to find out the first book you published, i think it was like 200 pages or something.
Sandra Kelly says
Rick,
Click on the picture thumbnails and they will enlarge for you to view. Very nice work..Sandi
Bari says
So love your work, David! And your books…couldn’t live without them.
Matt Fullerton says
Mr. Sibley:
I would like to create a poster for educational purposes titled “Extinct Birds of Oklahoma”. My thought was to have illustrations of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Carolina Parakeet, and Passenger Pigeon, with general historic range maps. The poster would be displayed at various educational events that I assist with (I am a biologist with the state of Oklahoma). Would it be possible to pay to use some jpeg images (or similar format) of some of your previous illustrations (I.e. Ivory billed woodpecker) to use for the poster? Your artwork is incredible and I have always been a frequent user of your field guides. I would also gladly give you credit on the poster itself.
Thank you and regards,
Matt Fullerton
Rangoli Designs Nita says
Your info is really good I read your most post and I really loved it thanks for posts about birds….
steven says
hi I m new here I need help finding black and white scratchboard art by 2 artists the first artists name is rudy droguett and the second artist is all I have is his last name if anybody can help me I hope to hear frm you soon take care have a blessed day