the foot bath (1 Viewer)

birdpotter

Well-known member

• Oct 3, 2007

• #41

It seems to be working now.

The first was my first sketch as I was driving down a small rural highway. I am not sure it does the job. But what I am really posting these pictures for is the leg work. Really frustrating.
I think I am having trouble with foreshortening too.
The legs are just too short and I can't figure out how to remedy that.
And I know the goofy one in the third spot has three legs...maybe I should add more?

 

Attachments

• 
  meadowlark.jpg

  61 KB · Views: 69
• 
  meadowlark2.jpg

  61.9 KB · Views: 71
• 
  meadowlark3.jpg

  60.4 KB · Views: 67
• 
  meadowlark4.jpg

  73.1 KB · Views: 75

Last edited: Oct 3, 2007

birdpotter

Well-known member

• Oct 3, 2007

• #42

And the last few...I think the top one in the first sketch is just about spot on. In the other two, the legs just seem to look ridiculous.

 

Attachments

• 
  meadowlark5.jpg

  52.4 KB · Views: 70
• 
  meadowlark6.jpg

  50.3 KB · Views: 75
• 
  meadowlark7.jpg

  51.8 KB · Views: 77

timwootton

Well-known member

• Oct 3, 2007

• #43

Well! Hmm . . . it seems you and I are about to have a falling-out. Beth, in my opinion you have slated the best drawing of the lot!!! I think the last posting is superb! It has everything I would want to produce in a sketch - life, line andyes - balance. i think if the tail was srengthened, this would be the perfect drawing.
Oh - the other contributions are very good too - I just think this one's really special.

 

birdpotter

Well-known member

• Oct 3, 2007

• #44

Really? Even the legs on that one?
Coming from you, Tim, that is one hell of a compliment. Thanks!
Al right, I like it too. But...those legs...something about them. I will study on it some more.

By the way, if that was a falling-out, bring on more of them!!


Best
Beth

 

Strandman

Well-known member

• Oct 3, 2007

• #45

They do look good- but it sounds as though something is still bugging you about them!

One possibility is to alter angle of rearmost leg a bit- logic being that if the "knees" on your bird are closer together than feet when viewed from front (I don't know about meadowlarks, but on other wire perchers oftentimes they are), then from behind that still should be true and so the legs won't be parallel.

Here's a shrikey think-piece which hopefully says it better than words- we've got a shrike influx on here currently so they are in my thoughts! As ever just my musings..

 

Attachments

• 
  shrike copy.jpg

  253.8 KB · Views: 85

timwootton

Well-known member

• Oct 4, 2007

• #46

That's an excellent graphic again Ed! - However - if you now look to Beth's last post (ta ta ta-ta ta, ta rant ta ta rant ta, rant ta ta rant ta ta!!!! - "Last Post" - geddit, eh?) I think it's discernable that her meadowlark DOES show the knockedy-kneesedy look. Address the image viewing its foreshortened angle. I'm still of the opinion that she may as well give up now, 'cos she'll never make a better drawing -

 

birdpotter

Well-known member

• Oct 4, 2007

• #47

That is perfect Ed. I am going to put it in my archives. Maybe I will try a few more sketches before my mother leaves...it's her camera that I am using...and I will post them.

Tim, I really think you are being too kind. Let me at least TRY to make it a bit better, then we can see.

Best
Beth

 

Strandman

Well-known member

• Oct 7, 2007

• #48

Not a very creative weekend on my part, but I couldn't resist putting a proper head on the shrike and putting a bit of animated boing into it.. you have to imagine that it was sitting puffed up and on its haunches and then it spots you...

 

Attachments

• 
  400shrike.gif

  101.5 KB · Views: 97

dryslwyn

Well-known member

• Oct 8, 2007

• #49

What an entertaining - oh- and informative imagine for a monday morning :-O

 

Strandman

Well-known member

• Oct 9, 2007

• #50

dryslwyn said:

What an entertaining - oh- and informative imagine for a monday morning :-O

Click to expand...

I'm glad you enjoyed- my shrikey sense of humour was slightly tested by learning that that there was a Great Grey hedge hopping two fields behind the house on Sunday whilst I sat inside watching the rugby...

 

timwootton

Well-known member

• Oct 9, 2007

• #51

Hmmm - difficult to find the right words of condolence. "Sorry" just doesn't do it justice.

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Oct 9, 2007

• #52

I can sympathise entirely, (though not with watching rugby!), Great Grey Shrike is my bogey bird, so many times I've turned up somewhere to be told 'it was sitting on that tree a few minutes ago'.

 

Strandman

Well-known member

• Oct 9, 2007

• #53

Thanks boys- what a supportive community we have here! I have previously 'scoped a GGS from the bedroom window at the same location, so not quite as traumatic as it sounds.

Off to Poland next week too, so should be able to recover the situation assuming not all N Europe's Great Grey's moved to the UK E coast last week.