Hi Nick Love the sketches- hope to get back to the great outdoors myself soon.and the rest....
(and that must be a compliment coming from two folk who based Uni dissertations on the great man!).
feeding Spotted Redshank painting which forms the centre spread in Living Birds of Eric Ennion. It being by miles the finest bird painting done by anyone anywhere everQUOTE]
agree wholeheartedly
Whlst I do have some talent with a pencil, I always tend to start any sketch with the usual 2 ovals - 1 for the head and 1 for the body - and then add the extra details. However I do find this lends itself to quite 2-dimensinal images though - and usually side on. And open beaks, correct eye alignment/size are always real challenges to me.
Does anyone have any other tips on field sketching, starting points, angles etc etc?