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Message: <blockquote data-quote="colleenc" data-source="post: 1512601" data-attributes="member: 76425">you never know Deborah, I said exactly those words myself once:king:The first time I saw grebes in the bay, I thought they were fisherman's bouys:-O  wasn't till the next trip I realized they were birds....then I had a heck of a time trying to figure out how they did that, until my bird guide said they rest bill forward...I drew that shape so many times, and still didn't get it. So I painted 4 studies to get it out of my system, and now I think I understand.Here is the Grebe set, in order of completion,  field studies( mine are so messy compared to others here) pastel 6x9, watercolor 7x8, (you can see my abstract influence here) and the oil 4 views 8x10. In the watercolor the bird was preening it's belly, so the foot was extended to balance but it' just pure form here. They are so funny, and have a line of algae where they float...I put in the brown stain it makes...</blockquote>