Probably Ed as I want to give the feeling of great speed and
movement. Funny some people love it or hate it when you
blur to suggest movement.
excellent work! Nice contract and color. The composition is fun retaining the energy of the field sketches. What is the size medium?
Yep- it can most definitely be overdone- depends a lot on the species. My retained mental image of a sandgrouse after it has gone past is pretty much of a distinctive body shape and no wings at all, rather as you get with a kingfisher. But as you say that isn't necessarily what a buyer of a fine painting wants to see..
Good luck with the work in progress!
Guy's Thought I would carry on with some of my Morrocan field
work and start putting them into more finished paintings.
See attached , quick drawing.
Wonderfully juicy chat piece, Andrew - utterly fabulous! I presume this goes straight onto the gallery wall?
Totally blown away by your fieldwork Andy.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing more fieldwork from Morrocco or anywhere else for that matter!
Woody
Andy those Moussier's are class!
I'm just blown away by the increasing plethora of artistic talent on this forum - it's all so inspiring - I used to have a massive collection of Art books ranging from Renaissance to Post-Impressionist (my fav.) to Cubism and Post mod. I'd spend hours just browsing through them enjoying the colour plates. I gave the lot to charity when I stopped painting/drawing. (don't go there! ) Now, all i need to do is browse through BF portfolios and see work such as yours and it does the same for me!