they are so cute! have a look! I drew this cause I was so amused with this!
This is Rascal the rainbow lorikeet. a photo taken by @aweaverearthling https://www.facebook.com/aweaverearthling/
I used mitsubishi colored pencils and pen for inking the eyes outline.
techniques which are useful for drawing that I use are just usually the light to dark technique and you cant go wrong!
There are no rainbow birds where I live but I hear its common in australia.
here is a wip pic!
As you can see, I put in feather strokes one by one. usually i start with the eyes or beak, well in some cases like when I draw the lion or tiger i start with the nose.
Hope you like it! squawwwwwk :D