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Vectis Birder

Itchy feet

• Oct 28, 2006

• #1

Sketches

Here's a sketch of some moorhens which were done earlier this year, and are being offered up for critique. Sorry about the quality of the scan, but it's a new scanner that I have only just installed and haven't got the hang of yet.
The sketches aren't great as I was (and am!) seriously out of practice, but I'm not too unhappy with them.
Sketching-wise, I am better at drawing waders and large birds than small passerines, as they keep still for longer!

 

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Gill Osborne

Well-known member

• Oct 28, 2006

• #2

:t: They look good to me! I'll have to show my hubby Neil tomorrow as Moorhens are his favourite bird - I'm sure he'll love these sketches as they capture the character and jizz of the species.

 

Vectis Birder

Itchy feet

• Oct 28, 2006

• #3

And a Black-headed Gull - another obliging species:

 

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Vectis Birder

Itchy feet

• Oct 28, 2006

• #4

Some oystercatchers, the bottommost bird is the best of this lot:

 

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Vectis Birder

Itchy feet

• Oct 28, 2006

• #5

I tend to draw birds as large as I see them, so some sketches are pretty minute, while others are a lot larger, depending on how near the birds are. My scope is currently equipped with a 27x eyepiece so I don't have as much 'pulling in' power as some.

 

matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Oct 28, 2006

• #6

Gill Osborne said:

:t: They look good to me! I'll have to show my hubby Neil tomorrow as Moorhens are his favourite bird - I'm sure he'll love these sketches as they capture the character and jizz of the species.

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I love moorhens too!..poor mans water rail :flyaway:

Matt

 

Mouldy

skywatcher, dragonhunter

• Oct 28, 2006

• #7

Moorhens and Coots, underrated by most probably cos they are so common, I've grown to like them a lot, probably through watching them a lot at my local patch which usually doesn't hold much else! but I find they have a lot of endearing qualities.
Like your field sketches Vectis, something I haven't been able to master, preferring to smack in some colour and try to get the character of the bird without too much detail, anyhow here are my efforts, a bit different from the conventional but how I like to work.

 

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Vectis Birder

Itchy feet

• Oct 28, 2006

• #8

Nice ones, Mouldy. I must admit that I am not much of a painter although that is something I very much want to start doing.

 

matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Oct 28, 2006

• #9

Excellent pics from both vectis and mouldy.

Getting a good close view of those moorhen and coot feet never fails to put a smile on my face!

Very difficult to portray movement in life studies,my sketches tend only to be a means of recording plumage,size,colouration of species i'm not too familiar with,waders mostly.

Matt