My favorite bird!!! I used the brown marker first and colored in around them. The face is in opposite order first, colorpencils first and then markers. The colors I used were the bright ones, and later dulled them gently with an eraser. For the white spaces, I lightly colored them with a silver color pencil.

The feathers are the same concept from the Diamond throated Humming bird, but not in the same iridescent scale.

Today's concept comes courtesy of Mom, who suggested I do animals whose eyes glow like opals. Thank you, Mom!

Opal dragons come in many different colors and patterns. This fire opal dragon is very enthusiastic and wild. They inspire creativity and confidence.

I spent a lot of time of this one because my last three dragons were simple in design. I think fire opal is my favorite dragon so far!!