Guira cuckoos are SO COOL. I was first introduced to them by =
SageGoat (who also did an AWESOME guira cuckoo-inspired Archaeopteryx painting. Go see it!
[link] ). I then had the amazing experience of seeing one in real life at the National Aviary! They are so prehistoric looking, I love them.
These are a pair of guira cuckoos perched in a Cybistax antisyphilitica. I wanted this to be an exercise not only in painting birds, but an accurate tree as well.
Watercolor and just a bit of white gouache on illustration board, 8 X 10 inches
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Great job capturing these beautiful birds!
Never heard of these birds, they look a bit prehistoris like you said.
I love birds so much!