Eurasian Magpie - Landscape - Reduced to clear Size:A4 fineliners and Wacom is taken

fineliners and Wacom is taken from Ben Rothery's upcoming book Weird and Wonderful and is available as an open edition A4

With some creatures the strangeness is obvious but with others

This beautifully detailed illustration of a Kynsna Loerie (Turaco) shows one of my favourite birds marching along a branch

hyper realistic wildlife illustrations but every one starts life as a series of concept sketches

Eurasian Magpie - Landscape - Reduced to clear Size:A4 fineliners and Wacom is takenThe last illustration drawn at Hidden Planet Spitalfields before we closed the doors. I've wanted to draw another magpie for years, these charismatic, intelligent and often misunderstood birds are among my favourite birds and I'm delighted to have finally had the chance to do so. The original artwork was drawn at Hidden Planet Spitalfields with Faber Castell Pencils, Copic fineliners & markers, watercolours and inks on hahnemle. Original dimensions 42