Woody
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Since sketchbook threads seem popular I thought I'd start one of mine.
I've always been wary of sharing my sketches with others as they are personal to me and they are not always the way I'd like them to be but I'm getting less precious in my old age...
There are two types of sketch to start; The curlew sketches are very, very quickly done and all I'm trying to do with them is get an idea of the kinds of general shapes and movements that the birds make. The lapwings are an example of the kind of sketches that take a little longer and they act as a reminder to me of how birds look in the field. It's intersting how birds change shape with the weather, it was pretty chilly on Sunday when I made these drawings and while the bird was resting it seemed a rounder shape than when it was feeding. The bird itself obviously doesn't change shape but the feathers puff up in the cold and change the bird's outline.
Hope you like and I'll post more soon.
Woody
I've always been wary of sharing my sketches with others as they are personal to me and they are not always the way I'd like them to be but I'm getting less precious in my old age...
There are two types of sketch to start; The curlew sketches are very, very quickly done and all I'm trying to do with them is get an idea of the kinds of general shapes and movements that the birds make. The lapwings are an example of the kind of sketches that take a little longer and they act as a reminder to me of how birds look in the field. It's intersting how birds change shape with the weather, it was pretty chilly on Sunday when I made these drawings and while the bird was resting it seemed a rounder shape than when it was feeding. The bird itself obviously doesn't change shape but the feathers puff up in the cold and change the bird's outline.
Hope you like and I'll post more soon.
Woody