Mixed media birds

I've been really busy over Christmas but still somehow have found time to do some art :) my mum got me a  book called 'British Birds' for Christmas  - i chose it because it had some really good photographs of birds up close and in flight. I think birds are really fun to draw and i am trying to practise drawing and painting them more realistically. Here are two i have done so far, there may be more to come :)

Mixed media birds : Watercolour paints,Conte crayon,black fineliner,white gel pen and chalks.