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  1. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi Peter and all, ”I’ve come to the conclusion that artists are a funny lot” Funny lot is an understatement. They can at times wallow in closed loop thinking and hilarity usually ensues. Regarding “fine artist” and “illustrators’ and the subsequent tribalism, Its true that there was a time...
  2. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi Peter, post #52 A broad topic indeed that could take a lot of pages in this thread to parse. I would agree that thanks to current tech the lines between photography and painting can be blurred. Painting by its very nature has always been what I call an essentially additive pursuit whereas...
  3. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Thanks again for the kind words KC. Heres another one then for fun, Yellow-crowned Euphonia. In this case I based the drawing on the painting for the field guide. Cheers, Bryan
  4. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi Peter, Yes we are circling back, so much so that when next we go out birding I’ll bring the iPad and pencil and give some field sketching a go. I’m not going to hold my breath as to its being the tool of choice for field work but it might be interesting to find out the shortcomings first...
  5. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Thanks KC, There's 19 more where that came from since the colouring book has 20 drawings. Its been an interesting exercise since a drawing for a colouring book has different design requirements from what I usually deal with. Cheers, Bryan
  6. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi Peter and all, I was dimly aware of the long European tradition of bird artist/scientists but never spent much time studying the history other than happening across examples. Thank you for the list I’ll certainly be digging into it. “This is another area where I feel the lack of formal art...
  7. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi Jurek, “It is so much d**n convenient. No carrying, no opening and closing the backpack. Direct link to sounds. Ability to carry tens of books with no weight” I agree with this thought, one other thing I do like about having everything packed into a phone is the ability to record sound. It...
  8. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi RB To your post 35 I did a bit more digging into Krita. Interesting that its an open source model like Gimp and Blender. Unfortunately that usually precludes any development work for mobile devices and I couldn’t find any reference to a mobile build on Krita’s website but here’s hoping...
  9. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi RB, Reply to post 30, No worries this is supposed to be fun after all and not a class assignments to be handed in. I don’t recall ever trying a Wacom intros but have given a Wacom tablet a go. I quickly lost interest as the pen lag at the time was unacceptable. Pencil latency is very...
  10. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi Jurek, We pay attention to sub species on our patch because as you know they can suddenly be deemed a separate species. That’s happened a few times in our neck of the woods the Plain Wren being one example by being split into the Isthmian and Canebrake Wrens. Your comment about smart phones...
  11. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hello again Peter, I will take your approach to answering and commenting, seems cleaner and less rambling which as you now know I’m prone to. ”I think the inclusion of habitat details in illustrations can be very useful (and beautiful), but easier to justify where you are showing species or...
  12. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Welcome Hi RB, I can’t speak for Peter since its his thread but I don’t think you could hijack it. Some folks on these forums prefer we behave like we’re in a business meeting and stay on topic, I’m not one of em. I view it more as conversation over coffee so welcome. Firstly very nice...
  13. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi Peter, Firstly, I like the paintings from your last post particularly how the needles cross in front of the body of the bird, it really helps tell the story about location. Noel narrows his eyes whenever I do that as a leaf or branch can cover important details of the birds colour or...
  14. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Thanks Peter, the good word of a scientific illustrator of your calibre carries a lot of weight with me. Noel and one or two ornithologists I’ve connected with on Instagram help of course but the more input from different sources the better. Yes there are some great birds to see and paint here...
  15. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Sorry for the novel Hi Peter, Like you I did a bit of teaching and lecturing in various colleges and universities and found that for my students the fear of mistakes was their biggest challenge. In fact in some classes I would set up a still life and task them to paint something that was as...
  16. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi Peter, Yes,I agree with that. As Bugs Bunny used to say “theres a million ways to skin a cat” At least I think he said it. I could probably benefit from sitting in on a few of your classes. Thankfully, I’m not so set in my ways that I can’t learn from others. Your students could use a...
  17. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Hi Peter, Yes, having the 10,000 hours out of the way before starting something like the project can help. Technical stuff like how can I make this real and authentic are a given at that stage. Interestingly with the bird paintings there were a whole subset of “arty” attitudes and approaches...
  18. BryanP

    Field sketching and illustration

    Ok, I'll play Hi Peter, Just happened by your thread. Sometimes all one hears in these subforums are crickets 😏 Firstly I really like your work, you are obviously a very accomplished bird artist and I admit I'm a little in awe of your work with the field guides. I particularly like your...
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