Red-Winged Blackbird, 2026, graphite and colored pencil, 8 x 11 in. / 20.32 x 27.94 cm.

Red-Winged Blackbird, Rohan Subramanian, 2026, graphite and colored pencil, 8 x 11 in. / 20.32 x 27.94 cm.

A fully-shaded photorealistic drawing of a male red-winged blackbird (A. phoeniceus) either having just landed on a stalk or preparing to take off. His body is oriented near-parallel with the ground and his wings are. out but tucked slightly towards his body.