Woody
Well-known member
I reckon that's pretty good actually, it's noticable that there's a lot of observation going on which is the whole point really.
It is very easy though to get bogged down in details and forget that there's a living bird in view. Perhaps the trick is to loosen up a bit and try to capture a bit more of the impression of the bird rather than trying to make every sketch into a finished piece, not easy when there's a peregrine to be enjoyed!
I'd recommend that you find some nice, co-operative birds that don't make your hands tremble with excitement the way a peregrine does, something like pigeons in the park maybe, and concentrate on the way they move and the shapes they make, getting that down in a few marks then moving on to the next. Pretty soon you'll find that, amongst the hopelessly unrecognisable scribbles that we all produce, there will emerge one or two drawings that have that certain something that is 'pigeony' about them, and that's when the sketches are infused with the life that we all find so fascinating.
Having said all that I don't blame you for wanting to get all the details down of a bird as fabulous as a falcon! Keep up the good work!
Mike
It is very easy though to get bogged down in details and forget that there's a living bird in view. Perhaps the trick is to loosen up a bit and try to capture a bit more of the impression of the bird rather than trying to make every sketch into a finished piece, not easy when there's a peregrine to be enjoyed!
I'd recommend that you find some nice, co-operative birds that don't make your hands tremble with excitement the way a peregrine does, something like pigeons in the park maybe, and concentrate on the way they move and the shapes they make, getting that down in a few marks then moving on to the next. Pretty soon you'll find that, amongst the hopelessly unrecognisable scribbles that we all produce, there will emerge one or two drawings that have that certain something that is 'pigeony' about them, and that's when the sketches are infused with the life that we all find so fascinating.
Having said all that I don't blame you for wanting to get all the details down of a bird as fabulous as a falcon! Keep up the good work!
Mike