# Three Little Birds **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 14, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716 "2026-03-14T14:47:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tracidraws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/tracidraws/32/8361_2.png) [@tracidraws](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/tracidraws)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/1 "2026-03-14T14:47:47Z")
This is my first course with TVI. I had so much fun drawing these birds! With the Kingfisher, I found the Prismacolors to be very “slick”, especially on Bristol smooth paper, which made the marks hard to control. For the Blue Jay, I love Pastelmat which is my favorite paper for colored pencils especially with the ability to do light over dark. I am waiting for my Blick order for the Mi-Teintes, so I did the hummingbird on the Fabriano Black Black which is another one of my favorite papers along with the Strathmore Toned Grey. Now I am going to get serious about drawing which is definitely not my strong point, and I have started “25 Days to Better Drawings”. As soon as my art supply order gets here I’m going to start “The Charcoal Drawing Course” also. So glad I joined! ![20260307_092513 final](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/9/9e9609eaa9fb08f7120c9118bead0b27dae5d674.jpeg) ![20260311_122801 final](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/1/1fa2f1525f0d9c6303e69690a40d618fa7e74f18.jpeg) ![20260313_172133 final](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/d/dd5fa486dd3e3aab52607c73f2fd67db8c2d5a9c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@Lucy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/2 "2026-03-14T18:26:45Z")
@tracidraws , Oh wow Traci! 😲 There are amazing! Beautiful work! 🤩 Lucy ---
**Author:** ![robichon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/robichon/32/4993_2.png) [@robichon](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/robichon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/3 "2026-03-14T19:58:06Z")
Hi @tracidraws You are off to an incredible start. Thanks so much for showing us what you’ve created. Terri Robichon ---
**Author:** ![tracidraws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/tracidraws/32/8361_2.png) [@tracidraws](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/tracidraws)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/4 "2026-03-16T11:39:04Z")
@Lucy @robichon Thanks so much! I had a great time with these and am looking forward to doing more. ---
**Author:** ![theresebriggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@theresebriggs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/theresebriggs)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/5 "2026-04-27T18:51:32Z")
Great Job Traci… At first, I thought they were the original photos for references…because they are so good! Glad you are joining us! Therese ---
**Author:** ![tracidraws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/tracidraws/32/8361_2.png) [@tracidraws](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/tracidraws)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/6 "2026-04-27T19:09:37Z")
Thanks so much! I had so much fun doing these! ---
**Author:** ![Rheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@Rheba](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Rheba)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/7 "2026-05-01T13:26:23Z")
These are AWESOME! I wish I could do half as well with colored pencils. ---
**Author:** ![tracidraws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/tracidraws/32/8361_2.png) [@tracidraws](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/tracidraws)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/8 "2026-05-01T13:44:32Z")
Thank you! This is my favorite medium. ---
**Author:** ![theresebriggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@theresebriggs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/theresebriggs)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/9 "2026-05-13T02:51:51Z")
Really Really nice Traci! Definitely keep at it …you have a knack for it to be sure! ---
**Author:** ![Meme5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/meme5/32/6555_2.png) [@Meme5](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Meme5)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/three-little-birds/4716/10 "2026-09-19T22:45:13Z")
@tracidraws Amazing colored pencils skills!! These birds are beautiful 🤩 Sonia