A beautiful and instructive book which gives guidance and inspiration to all bird artists Written by one of Britain's best-loved and most admired bird artists Illustrated with a wealth of colour and black-and-white images, representing a diversity of styles, from over 45 artists Fully endorsed by the RSPB Foreword by Bill Oddie

This is a fully revised and updated new version of a popular RSPB handbook to the art and joy of drawing birds. John Busby beautifully conveys his own remarkable ability to capture the grace and motion of living birds, illustrating his ideas and suggestions with many examples of his own work. He also uses illustrations from over 45 other talented bird artists to demonstrate a variety of principles and techniques. The text covers a wealth of topics, including choice of media, sketching from life, composition and different ways of interpreting the subject matter. This is a beautiful and inspiring book which will appeal to aspiring artists and anyone who has ever been entranced by the beauty of birds.