Charlotte Belland

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Animal Illustrator / Educator at Columbus College of Art & Design / Draw All the Animals! cbelland.myportfolio.com

A video featuring Paper Airplane Magazine and a tutorial page on sketching birds by Charlotte Belland. Shows an iPad with the magazine, chickadee sketches, a close up on a bird feeder with a house finch and northern cardinal. A house wren sings on the fence.
An image of two ink sketches of puffins: the top sketch was created from life from a boat circling Eastern Egg Rock island. The bottom sketch was created before the boat trip. Top sketch (ocean) shows a lot of squiggly lines. Sketched by Charlotte Belland
An illustration of a yorkie puppy, in a play-bow, looking at a monarch butterfly. Sketch by Charlotte Belland
A screenshot of an image of Beaker the Muppet above two Adobe Media Encoder icons resulting in a “me me” MEEP cohesion! Beaker is in his classic OMG pose…
An illustration of three 1-week old chicks. Left is Baba Yaga (gray with dark gray accents), middle is a yellowish chick with a cream belly (Tylenol) and the right chick is dark yellow (Chicks-y Mattel). These chicks were raised in the CCAD Packard Library and were clearly named by the students… Illustration by Charlotte Belland
A tutorial page with a tip for gesture sketching. Three sketches of the same horse (two “incorrect” and one correct with a bump out image of a flow adjustment). By Charlotte Belland
Photo of a baby chicken, looking at a page of chick sketches by Charlotte Belland. This chick is part of the CCAD Library Chick Hatching Spring 2026 event.
A sketch technique tutorial tip page. Two black / white line sketches of a pointer dog. Once shows flowing lines. The other is sharp and pointy. Page by Charlotte Belland
A sketching tutorial page featuring a chicken. The first part describes studying the forms first. Second step is to speed up the sketching to 1-2 minutes. Last step is sketch as fast as you can! Page by Charlotte Belland
A sketch of a white throated sparrow on a green background. The bird is chirping wildly with the phrase “Oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada!” behind it. Sketch by Charlotte Belland
Ink sketch of an ambassador wolf named Ozzy from Ohio Canid Center. Ozzy is standing and tilting his head in a combo smolder and derpy expression.
A poster for a Visiting Artist event at Columbus College of Art and Design. Left is a cartoon red, fire horse, happily jumping up. The right has the words, “Year of the Horse Girl, Join Professor Charlotte Belland as she hosts Kristen Campbell” for a how to draw horses session on Friday March 27.
A black brush pen quick sketch of a Labrador walking screen left. The dog’s front left foot is up. Sketch by Charlotte Belland
A photo of a tennis ball sitting on a table in DSB142 in the Cloyd Family Animation Center at Columbus College of Art and Design.
An illustration of a fire horse, head lowered, and mane flipped up. Fire radiates up from the ground as the horse paws the flames. Drawn by Charlotte Belland for Lunar New Year 2026 year of the fire horse.
A cartoon sketch of a polish rooster. He is looking stage right with an exasperated expression. Sketched by Charlotte Belland
A digital sketch of a cockatoo. The bird is leaning into the frame from stage right.. it has a very worried expression (with a tweaked out eye). Sketched by Charlotte Belland
A cartoon sketch of a cockatiel, wings down, vacant expression, curled toes, and screaming. We are all screaming…. Sketch by Charlotte Belland
A sketch of a white morph Gryfalcon from a photograph from Bird Whisperer Project. The falcon is perched on a vertical tree limb and there is a green background, mimicking a forest. Sketched by Charlotte Belland
A digital sketch of a tiger. The tiger is crouched down, facing stage left. Its mouth is slightly open, nibbling at the ground. Sketched by Charlotte Belland
An illustration of two red tail hawks looking disgruntled at a smug blue jay between them… illustration by Charlotte Belland
An illustration of a red-phase Eastern Screech Owl blending into a textual background. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
A digital sketch of a Common Tern. It has its wings up, facing screen left. Sketched by Charlotte Belland
A watercolor sketch of a cockatiel by Charlotte Belland. The bird has its back to us (it’s looking back over its orange cheek)
A black and white sketch of an ostrich. The ostrich is standing and looking back over its right shoulder. Sketch by Charlotte Belland
A black and white doodle of a screaming macaw, screeching laughing gull, and a exasperated potoos bird. All three birds are drawn in a carton style, sitting on a branch. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
Pen and ink sketch of a Brown Pelican by Charlotte Belland. Pelican is in profile, standing on a rock.
An ink and watercolor sketch of a red-phase Eastern Screech Owl by Charlotte Belland. Owl is looking over its left shoulder while sitting on a branch.
An ink and watercolor sketch of a female house finch and a female eastern blue bird fighting over mealworms worms. Sketched by Charlotte Belland. These two birds are her first birds spotted in 2026.
A sketching tutorial tip that discusses adjusting the overall silhouette shape to make the pose read more clearly. Also discusses the idea of increasing the angle for limbs / positions and making sure to show overlap. Sketch tip by Charlotte Belland
A sketching tip that shows an initial sketch of a flying gull. The next step pushes the design by enlarging the wings, reducing the depth of the body (for contrast), and shortening the beak. Sketch by Charlotte Belland
A black and white sketch of a little yorkie with a top knot and a grumpy attitude. Doodle by Charlotte Belland
A four panel comic that talks about how to start a gesture sketch. The point is to hold an image or description in your head and keep your head down while you make your initial flow sketch. This locks in the pose! Comic by Charlotte Belland
Quick sketches of chameleons by Charlotte Belland. Both are black ink on white paper. Top one was sketched in less than 30 seconds (scribbly lines). Bottom one was sketched in under one minute. The image visually compares the same subject with different sketching times.
Columbus Ohio, Columbus College of Art and Design, photo of basement entrance in Battelle Hall. Marine stairs leading down to a green, metal door. Very spoopy!
Camera pointed at the ceiling of the Charlotte Belland Drawing Room in the Cloyd Family Animation Center at Columbus College of Art and Design. One second of video shows a Harris’s Hawk flying. We can see the belly and bottom of their wings. Audio: The tracking bell jingles.
An enamel pin of a feisty cockatiel designed and produced by Ken’s Pin Hustle. Pin is on a denim jacket.
Central Ohio Craft Crawl image. Event takes place Sat August 16, 2025
A photograph of a black pleather ottoman in the background, a hand holds black duck-tape in the foreground. Tape used to fix the ottoman (where a student thought the surface of an ottoman was a GREAT place to cut mat board… what the hell…). Photo taken in the Cloyd Family Animation Center at Columbus College of Art and Design.
A cartoon labeled “Birds of YAY!” featuring an Osprey, Harris’s Hawk, Northern Harrier and a Great Horned Owl. Birds are saying “Huzzah!” “Awesome!” “Kick-ass!” and “woo-hoo!” Drawing by Charlotte Belland
Chicken drawing tutorial that shows how to draw a simple chicken in a 3/4 view. The result is a cartoonish, smiling chicken. One of the silly tips is to draw a baguette for the comb! Tutorial by Charlotte Belland
Gesture sketching tutorial that shows a step by step approach. Three drawings that show the progression of each stage of the sketch. Sketch subject is a miniature horse. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
A video of the Batala Philly drummers cheering on the 2025 Philadelphia Pride Parade. Rows and rows of Surdu, Dobra, Repinique, and Caixa drums carried by people in pride flags and colors. Filmed at 6th and Walnut street.
A sketch of a cockatiel with a little color to show the Smokey grey feathers with a touch of yellow and orange on the face. The cockatiel is turned to face screen left and is throwing some serious side eye. Drawing by Charlotte Belland
A drawing tutorial that shows how the energy of mark-making / how you draw your lines can be used to visually define the adjective of the pose. Drawings of little conure parrots that show how their neck feathers can show emotion. Drawings by Charlotte Belland
A video of blurry warbler photos from Magee Marsh Bird Trail during Biggest Week In American Birding 2025. Drawings of silly warblers by Charlotte Belland
A drawing of a brown donkey, side view, facing screen left. The donkey has a little smoke and orange eyes. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
Fabulous enamel pins of hookbill birds by Ken Fiskorne, KensPinHustle. Macaw, budgie, and cockatiels.
A black and white sketch of an Atlantic Puffin fluttering its wings in a “hug” pose. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
Image 1 of 2. Quick outline silhouette in black ink on newsprint of a northern screech owl. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
A sketch of a silly sulfur cockatoo with its wings out. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
A horse sketch to honor Trans Visibility Day 2025. Horse is blue, pink, and white with a flowing mane and tail. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
A black and white quick sketch of a flying screech owl. The owl is flying towards the viewer. Drawn by Charlotte Belland
Black brush pen drawing on newsprint of a young opossum who’s mouth is open in a yelling pose. Drawing by Charlotte Belland
Black and white quick sketch (30 seconds) of a Harris’s Hawk flying. Bird is flying towards screen left. Drawn by Charlotte Belland.
Image 1 of 2: A 20-second simplified sketch of a Serval. This shows the basic outline / shape of an angular, standing, profile pose. Drawing by Charlotte Belland
Drawing 1 of 2. Quick establishing sketch of a wolf. Black tombow on newsprint. Drawing by Charlotte Belland