Green Woodpecker in watercolour pencils

Birds
Written By Martin Balmer

Art Code 0507020

The largest of the native British woodpeckers, these have predominately green bodies, pale bellies, with a bright yellow rump and a red crown. They have short tails and a long tough bill. Males have a red centre to the black facial area. Green woodpeckers are quite loud.

Green woodpeckers eat ants, digging deep into the colonies. Green woodpeckers can be seen all year round in England, Wales and areas of southern Scotland.

Hand-drawn as part of my British Garden Birds collection, I created this artwork using watercolour pencils.

  • Drawn: July 2020

  • Media: Paper, Watercolour Pencil

Martin Balmer

Working with watercolour pencils I hand draw and paint wild animal illustrations, British garden birds, pet portraits and other subjects.

http://www.martinbalmer.co.uk
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