29 August 07

Wild Turkey

Wild turkey -- pen and ink The wild turkeys make an appearance every morning, early, and again before sunset. Their predictability — not to mention their size — makes them a good subject for sketching. My previous efforts to discourage them with frisbees have made them wary, though.

Wild turkey -- prismacolor on canson mi-teintes I have many pages of sketches of these birds, and in fact started this color one yesterday. I’m thinking this may be the way to do this daily thing — start on several species and add to each sketch as I see the birds again. It’s been very hot here and there hasn’t been much bird action during the day!

Posted by at 08:44 PM in Bird of the Day | Link |

  1. This is absolutely beautiful, beautiful. I too am going to learn a lot. Somehow much more from drawings than from photos – I just look at photos…


    — Jean    30. August 2007, 02:53    Link

  2. Frisbees. Dang, that would be a spectacle.


    — Ron Sullivan    31. August 2007, 14:44    Link

  3. Ron: happy to oblige, anytime. We have a slew of VetMed frisbees kept on the front porch for this very purpose…


    — Pica    31. August 2007, 14:54    Link

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