After a visit last week to Titchfield Haven NNR where I was lucky enough to see plenty of Snipe at close quarters I decided to paint a small study with a view to a larger piece to follow in oils if I could get a grip on the colours and cryptic plumage.This is the completed study,which I'm very pleased with and hopefully a larger snipe painting will follow in the not too distant future.
Great looking study. I think the complex pattern of birds like the snipe make a fascinating challenge to paint. There are so many possibilities concerning the most effective ways to portray it.
ReplyDeleteI anxiously look forward to your larger painting.
thankyou john,it was certainly challenging! luckily I was able to study a stuffed specimen belonging to a friend closely which helped me when looking at my reference photos to make sense of the cryptic patterns and how the feathers lay.
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