In 2004 I was working on a small painting of a flying Ferruginous Hawk, and I scanned the work at several stages to show the progression from pencil sketch to finished painting. I created an annotated slideshow from those scans for my 2009-10 exhibit at the Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center. Now the slideshow is uploaded as a Picasa photo album. It shows each of the five scans and includes a brief commentary on my painting process at each stage.
An early stage in the painting of the Ferruginous Hawk. Follow the links below to see the whole series of images. Painting copyright 2010 David Sibley.
Follow these links to play the slideshow or to go to the photo album (and then click on “slideshow”)
Fascinating and informative on several levels. Thanks!
This is going to be really helpful in our homeschool. We just discovered your site, and we’re so glad.
Big Sibley Guides fans!
What’s about a different book next time….”how to sketch and draw birds” by D. Sibley?
I would buy it! I am currently starting to draw birds, from pictures – mostly because it helps me to remember field marks, not for the result (terribly bad), and I don’t really know where or how to start.
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Hey David, Do you varnish your gouache paintings? I have tried with mixed success. Thanks Bob