How to draw a bird

First Step - A Simple Bird Framework

Two circles - similar to drawing the duck and swan from before - are all it takes to come up with a simple - easy to work with - structure from which to draw this animal. The grey swooping line that you see below, indicates the run of the neck to the tail feathers. Branching off of this, will also be the wing.
Nice and simple...

In the last lesson, I mentioned how a ladybug framework could also be used to create many other bugs. Well, the same is true here. Blue Jay! Cardinal! Finch!Toucan!?... actually - a toucan might require a little more thought! :-) But you get the picture.
And now - the drawing begins!