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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nickderry" data-source="post: 1199222" data-attributes="member: 12328"><p>GORGEOUS Terek sandpiper - I'm jealous indeed, my birding day was crap! A bit of advice as regards 'beaks too short' etc. It's art - I went through a period of painting wings twice as long as they really were -but it still looked OK, another time heads were enormous. Just draw things as big or as long as they seem and eventually everything will fall into place. It's great to see that you are dedicated to getting things right, and as long as this doesn't stop you enjoying what you do, good. For me, wildlife art is about sharing the emotions felt by observing nature, mostly joy and sometimes other feelings, and as long as you convey what you feel in your pictures, who cares about whether they're anatomically correct (this is slightly hypocritical of me as I am a known 'fiddler').</p></blockquote><p></p>