Grey Heron sketch (1 Viewer)

Vectis Birder

Itchy feet

• Jan 15, 2007

• #1

Here's a Grey Heron sketch I did not so long ago. Unfortunately it's not scanned that well, and I'm not that brilliant with Photoshop I'm afraid.
Hope you like it!
Birds like Herons are easy to do as they stay still for long periods of time, enabling me to get more done. This is one of the rare occasions I've managed to get some detail in!

 

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buzzard12

Well-known member

• Jan 15, 2007

• #2

Great fieldwork VB. Both sketchs are bang on anatomy wise and contrary to what you say Grey Heron is not the easiest bird to get right with neck extended, despite the habit of standing motionless for us to draw!

Well done!

(I can just make out the black headed gulls on the other side of the page!! Possibly the most sketched bird in Europe???)

 

Vectis Birder

Itchy feet

• Jan 15, 2007

• #3

Oh yeah...I can see 'em too, now you've mentioned it. A bit like 'artist's thumb' is the overprocessing of the scan revealing what's on the previous page... 3

 

Gill Osborne

Well-known member

• Jan 15, 2007

• #4

Nice :t: very nice!

As has been said Herons 'look' simple but aren't! :h?:

 

timwootton

Well-known member

• Jan 15, 2007

• #5

Lovely these are, VB. You've managed to retain a whole lotta jizz with these drawings (a difficult subject as Alan and Gill have said). I've just been looking through one of my old sketchbooks of some drawings of golden plover. Like you I thought, Great, they're staying still - must be easy to draw - the result, overworked rubbish!
- Yours, on the otherhand have retained a liveliness to which the detail adds, not detracts. Go and do some more!!!!!!
Ace.

 

matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Jan 15, 2007

• #6

They're pretty bloomin good Vectis,the drawing on the left has that nice
''wading posture''.

Matt

 

Vectis Birder

Itchy feet

• Jan 15, 2007

• #7

Many thanks for all your comments, folks.

 

christineredgate

Winner of the Copeland Wildlife Photographer of th

• Jan 15, 2007

• #8

excellent work,good detail.

 

spizaetos

Well-known member

• Jan 16, 2007

• #9

Vectis Birder said:

Here's a Grey Heron sketch I did not so long ago. Unfortunately it's not scanned that well, and I'm not that brilliant with Photoshop I'm afraid.
Hope you like it!
Birds like Herons are easy to do as they stay still for long periods of time, enabling me to get more done. This is one of the rare occasions I've managed to get some detail in!

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Beautiful loose style and correct depiction of such a difficult bird form!:clap:
Have more to show?

Spizaetos :clap:

 

Woody

Well-known member

• Jan 16, 2007

• #10

Excellent stuff Vectis I like it a lot. Herons are lovely graceful birds with some thing of a sculptural quality and you've captured that nicely. Look forward to more.

Woody

 

Vectis Birder

Itchy feet

• Jan 16, 2007

• #11

Thanks for all the kind comments. I'll post more when I have them - my sketching opportunities are a bit limited at present.