27 February 09
Harris' Hawk
I went to the Raptor Center at lunch again today with a sketching buddy. I was determined to work looser than my past few times there so I didn’t bring special paper along, which seems to put pressure on me to do a “drawing” rather than a sketch.
This is the same Harris’ hawk I’ve done before, the one that used to belong to a falconer and can no longer fly. She is very habituated to humans and doesn’t seem at all stressed, so I was able to spend a good long while figuring out the bill.
Still can’t draw them right, but sketching outside in the sun in February without even a coat on: Not much beats that.
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