Cooper's Hawk Head and Talon Studies

This adult Cooper's Hawk landed in our yard two days ago, looking to grab one of the small birds that frequent our birdfeeders.  It was unsuccessful in this particular hunting venture, but did sit still long enough for me to get some very good reference photos before it flew off.  I used those photos as references for these headshot and talon sketches.  The sketches in total (for the whole page, in an A4 Moleskine sketchbook, about 8.5 x 11 inches) took about an hour and were done with permanent ink using Pigman Micron pens.