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JaniceDuke — Sparrowhawk sketch
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Published: 2012-04-06 15:25:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1956; Favourites: 70; Downloads: 0
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Quick sketch in photoshop. Saw one of these in the garden yesterday, a beautiful sight that inspired this
Finished piece here:
© 2012 Janice Duke
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Excellent, great use of photoshop. Dont worry too much about the feet, nothing is harder! I've drawn hundreds of birds and I'm still crap at it! Seek out the work of a girl called Katherine Hamilton, she is the absolute boss of birds feet! Here's her blog: [link] Her work blows my mind, she can do more with ten lines than most can with ten thousand. Good luck! (silly thing to say really, luck has nothing at all to do with it, hard work and desire are way bigger!)
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Oh wow, thank you for the link, she does beautiful work. Cheers for the encouragement
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Exceptional - one of the best wildlife paintings you've done.
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Thank you so much! 
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Hello! This is really gorgeous. I don't know if you're interested in critiques- you did say this was just a quick sketch, after all- but I must say, as beautifully drawn as this is, the feet are very off. I work with raptors and stare at their feet all the time, and in this drawing they sort of lack the detail and realism of the rest of the bird. It distracts a bit from the overall beauty of the drawing, and was one of the first things I noticed. Otherwise, though, it's fantastic.
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The feet frustrated me a lot and were part of the reason I left it as a sketch rather than taking it further 
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This looked like watercolor from the thumbnail! Gorgeous work. So simple and elegant. Looks like an illustration for a bird watching book
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Thank you! Wow, that's quite a compliment, I'd love to do that sort of thing!
Really should break out the watercolours again some time soon
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Such a wonderful piece. You saw this in your garden? You're very lucky. Really good
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Cheers!
Yes, in the garden, was so wonderful to see!
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Quick sketch? This is a pretty amazing quick sketch!
It's adorable!
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Cheers
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