Audiences are invited to delve into the fantastic world of Laser Beak Man, in a puppet show like no other opening in Brisbane this week. Laser Beak Man is the brainchild of Brisbane artist Tim Sharp.

For The Times’s summer birding project, I spoke to the field guide illustrator about how to sketch a bird. Here’s how he draws a black-capped chickadee → Start with a circle, then add an oval. Draw a ...