Friday 27 November 2009

Curlew-further progress


The foreground has now been worked up and the strong shadows added.There is still more work to do here ,however, i am now starting on the curlew itself to establish the correct tones for the bird which will dictate the tones i use to finish off the foreground.I have layed down some tone on the bird where the shadows will be cast by the strong sunlight and when these are worked up and the bird complete i hope the drawing will hang together and the lighting make sense.I'm taking a day out of the studio tomorrow to head down the coast to torquay where fellow wildlife artist Paul Apps is holding a preview day for his latest exhibition of paintings at haddon galleries,looking forward to seeing the show and catching up with an old friend.

3 comments:

Wendy Mould AFCA said...

It is looking good so far, enjoy your day off.

Mike Woodcock said...

This is starting to look pretty special. Give my regards to Paul.

Unknown said...

thanks wendy :)
cheers mike and will do