Dawn E

  1) I got a late start on this but wanted to do the assignment, so made a fairly quick sketch.  One thing that was hard was to convey the contrast between the soft fluffy looking feathers higher up and the more sharp lines of black in the lower feathers.  Also, the angle of the bird was hard to convey: it's head seems turned from position of the lower body.  I hope I could have conveyed it better if I'd spent more time, but I wonder if I will have the patience to draw something very detailed. 2) I noticed many details after I started drawing that I hadn't noticed just looking at the photo:  the texture of the feathers, the different coloring on different areas, the way the beak attaches to the head, the eye, the claws, the lichen on the branch, etc. etc.