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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gropperwinch" data-source="post: 1851167" data-attributes="member: 84897">Hi, glad you've joined the 'SAC' (?? mutters 'wtf' as he types<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />)I'd say the bills could do with a little bit of tweaking rob, a tad shorter and more curved perhaps. But don't worry about it. To sketch a bird well at all you have to really look at it, which you clearly are here. However, it takes a while to do common bird sketches well, as you aren't used to really soaking in all the detail! e.g. I saw an American Robin in 2004, and I could easily produce a better drawing of that from memory than I can of a Blue Tit! we are all at different stages of improving our aet, you are pretty near the beginning just now, but this is the most fun part, and if you have the enthusiasm you will get really good as quickly as you want to. I am often staggered by what I was drawing right at the beginning of my thread and how different it is to what I'm drawing now, one month down the line! So keep it up, we are all behind you and we all can't wait to see how you develop!!</blockquote>