Andrew Ellis
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Thought cos every one was putting so much good sketching material on at
the mo , I thought i'd put some more on too.
went looking back through my sketches plan chest the other day looking
for a reference and stumbled across some sketches done on a trip
to Morroco.I used the camera alot on that trip but did manage to do
a few sketches. The highlight for me on this trip was seeing a female
Barbary falcon Nr a town called Missour. At first we got some good views of her atop an electricity pole just off the road. I managed to get a good
couple of drawings of her then as I was about to start a third sketch
She left the pole and swooped on another falcon lifting off from the
ground ten or so yards away from the bottom of the pole.
The image of it stuck in my mind so I did another drawing of the event.
we thought that it was either a pair co operative hunting and were unsuccessful.
Or maybe one falcon trying to pirate another of its kill, we saw no quarry
as such though so who knows. The female on the pole was a particularly
handsome girl with more red on her nape than the Barbaries usually
seen in the area.
Appologies as the sketches were done on A3 so I had to do two
scans of the second page of drawings explaining the interaction
the mo , I thought i'd put some more on too.
went looking back through my sketches plan chest the other day looking
for a reference and stumbled across some sketches done on a trip
to Morroco.I used the camera alot on that trip but did manage to do
a few sketches. The highlight for me on this trip was seeing a female
Barbary falcon Nr a town called Missour. At first we got some good views of her atop an electricity pole just off the road. I managed to get a good
couple of drawings of her then as I was about to start a third sketch
She left the pole and swooped on another falcon lifting off from the
ground ten or so yards away from the bottom of the pole.
The image of it stuck in my mind so I did another drawing of the event.
we thought that it was either a pair co operative hunting and were unsuccessful.
Or maybe one falcon trying to pirate another of its kill, we saw no quarry
as such though so who knows. The female on the pole was a particularly
handsome girl with more red on her nape than the Barbaries usually
seen in the area.
Appologies as the sketches were done on A3 so I had to do two
scans of the second page of drawings explaining the interaction