My project in Naturalist Bird Illustration with Watercolors course

The first drawing is a merle corbeau, also known as a smooth billed ani. Our instructor advised us to select a bird that truly captured our interest, and this is one I've always been quite taken with.
This was a real adventure in exploring birds, drawing styles, understanding colour and the importance of different strokes with different types of features.
The second is the Rufous-tailed Jacamar, this was a Task, I feel as though I've lost so much of the brilliance of the bird, but I need to keep practicing.
I really enjoyed this course, looking forward to more from this instructor.