Woody
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Well I found one easy enough but it was feeding, not singing. Consequently it was flitting about, in and out of the brambles/hawthorn so I couldn't get any real good views.
I've used a resource I know of called 'Birdforum gallery' and it seems that Tim's mostly right, the wren's super seems to start above and just behind the eye. However it seems to me that it continues in front of the eye but because it matches the colour of the area directly in front of the eye and the cheek it merges and mostly dissappears, if anyone can make any sense of that statement.
Either way it's going to be a challenge to get it convincingly painted so I cant wait to get started. I'll probably post a progress report soon.
Meantime I took my new watercolours out today and used them to capture something I'd not seen before. Two drake mallards were resting with their heads tucked over their backs. When they were totally relaxed their eyes closed and it appeared that their eyelids were a bright yellow. I'd not noticed before, probably because usually, to my shame, I mostly ignore mallards. I was also fascinated by the way that as the light shifted slightly one of the drakes' heads stayed lit up in fabulous shades of green, blue and purple and the other turned a deep purple/black. Amazing what having some colour capabilities in your hand does for your observation!
Woody
I've used a resource I know of called 'Birdforum gallery' and it seems that Tim's mostly right, the wren's super seems to start above and just behind the eye. However it seems to me that it continues in front of the eye but because it matches the colour of the area directly in front of the eye and the cheek it merges and mostly dissappears, if anyone can make any sense of that statement.
Either way it's going to be a challenge to get it convincingly painted so I cant wait to get started. I'll probably post a progress report soon.
Meantime I took my new watercolours out today and used them to capture something I'd not seen before. Two drake mallards were resting with their heads tucked over their backs. When they were totally relaxed their eyes closed and it appeared that their eyelids were a bright yellow. I'd not noticed before, probably because usually, to my shame, I mostly ignore mallards. I was also fascinated by the way that as the light shifted slightly one of the drakes' heads stayed lit up in fabulous shades of green, blue and purple and the other turned a deep purple/black. Amazing what having some colour capabilities in your hand does for your observation!
Woody