Kathy

1. Drawing from a photo gives one lots of time to study the bird.  In nature the bird would be moving every which way making it hard to get "measurements" like eye size compared to beak size, or head size to body size or leg length.  Even with a photo I have a hard time drawing the wing feathers as they fold over the back or the talons and how they wrap around the branch. 2. I might not have noticed all the dark smudging on the back and wings. I might have thought that was just shadow and made the wings all yellow! I might have put the legs too far forward too.  It probably would have made a difference in the journal by making my drawing less accurate. In real life I would wonder what the bird is eating and would want to hear it's song and see if it was with other birds. Thanks!