Looking At The Pictures Of These Two Birds,

you could almost be excused for thinking that they are real,

but they are not, these are made from pieces of paper, Dutch artist Johan Schreft creates three-dimensional lifesize models, then he paints each one by hand with watercolours and gouache, his papercraft models look so realistic it’s almost impossible to tell them apart from the real birds that inspired them, Johan takes anywhere from two days to a full month to complete just one of his stunning masterpieces, and although he uses some computer software for the basic design, he does most of the work by hand,

Schreft starts off by sketching a bird template on a piece of paper, He then painstakingly cuts out all the separate parts using a pair of scissors and uses glue to assemble a colourless 3D model, the good news is that for those who would rather have a realistic paper bird in their home instead of a stuffed one, he offers templates of the required parts that can be downloaded from his website, he is also an accomplished artist, if you want to look at some of his paintings have a look here, what a talented guy and I even have a try at making one of the birds myself.