belizebirdnhm

Harpy Eagle

ginasketch wrote in belizebirdnhm Jun 10, 2009 19:47

Some Harpy Eagle studies based on the model in the bird gallery at work. The feather is a wing primary. Harpy eagles are rare in Belize but are currently being reintroduced through a long running breeding program. Sharon Matola, founder of the Belize zoo provides sporadic updates as to the eagle's progress. I met Matola once when I was a child. She ( Read more... )

harpia

Notes

ginasketch wrote in belizebirdnhm May 06, 2009 21:36

A coloured pencil drawing based on a note tied to one of the Keel Billed Toucan specimen's feet. The note was included as reference, since when the bird dies, the bill loses it's fantastic colour. As far as I can tell the note was written by Blancaneux.

More dark carmine at tip. A long orange mark with 1/2 in of face. (As in dried skin). A black ( Read more... )

historical notes, colour, toucans

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ginasketch wrote in belizebirdnhm Apr 23, 2009 19:34

Drew the keel billed toucan today. Most of the colour drained from its' beak and feet. There was a detailed note about what the colour was like when it was alive on one of the tags. I copied it down in that pad sitting next to my sketchbook.

Specimens from Belize and Costa Rica.

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toucans

Beaks

ginasketch wrote in belizebirdnhm Apr 09, 2009 10:43

A 10 minute sketch with Prismacolor pencil of a Keel-Billed-Toucan. You may wonder why I'm sketching such a colourful animal in monochrome. The answer is before I start experimenting with colour, I want to get a feel for the shape and anatomy of the animal.

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Practice in Monochrome

ginasketch wrote in belizebirdnhm Apr 08, 2009 11:18

Getting a feel for Toucans, since they are the first birds I'll be drawing. This is a Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus).

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List of bird specimens I propose to draw

ginasketch wrote in belizebirdnhm Mar 28, 2009 13:24

Subject to change. Also pics of the art materials I'll be using.

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