day three-hundred-and-fourteen - bullfinch

a fat little finch

© jem barratt

i probably don't need to tell you AGAIN that finches are my favourite things (but they are). this guy looks a million times better in photo, and therefore infinitesimal times better in person.

by that logic, it must literally be the best thing on earth to actually be a finch.

xj

day two-hundred-and-ninety-six - goldfinch

i... love.... FINCHES! and you should too.

© jem barratt

i also love that drawing. quite a bit. the simplicity and the colour blocks are nice.

i now know why copic markers are so expensive - they're amazing. a marker with a paintbrush tip? done! they almost push poscas off the top of the list of my favourite things.

but i only own one. i shouldn't get ahead of myself...

anyhoo, this guy above is of the european variety, but the american one is pretty darned cute too. actually all finches are cute, and that may be why i love them so much. they're the perfect-looking bird - with that typical perfect triangle for a beak.

also they have no interest in being pets. they're fast, little, perfectly shaped birds with stern expressions. i can relate... (except for the speed, and size and perfect shape). yay for finches!

xj

day five - zebra finch

today i drew one of my favourite animals. finches are without a doubt the cutest and most furious of all birds, with gouldians being the most flashy, and zebras (see below) as the most enchanting.

© jem barratt

animals with rosy cheeks are only second to watermelon babies. perhaps one day i'll draw that battle... cockatiels and zebra finches vs tapirs and emus.

unfortunately my scanner is not designed for drawings and so this guy's cheeks are a little lacklustre.

hopefully this most excellent of art installations will make up for it (you really can't get much better than trapping zebra finches in guitars...)

xj