Hello all, I wanted to share my last drawing. Any and all feedback is appreciated! This is “Preacher” drawn in honor of a small Mississippi Kite that we rescued. Unfortunately the little one did not survive but he left an imprint on all that saw him. What a gentle and noble creature. I used matt black graphite pencils, and white charcoal on Titian’s Fabriano 11x17 grey/blue tinted pastel paper. I have been “sketching” off and on for awhile but am retired now and really want to take my work to a better level. I joined last year but a major surgery put me out of commission two I joined again this year. I’m trying out pen and ink, colored pencil, and of course all things graphite now and hope to try many other mediums this year.
Your drawing is lovely and the story is touching. Does he have a name? Did you let him go free?
I do hope that we see you around. I think starting with 25 days to better drawing is a good place.
Also attending the live classes/ Wednesday nights are a little more advanced but Monday’s are beginner classes which is a good way to get a feel for different mediums.
We started with graphite and now are in acrylics.
The class goes slow and is a smaller size. for me it is a review and seems like the first time I have used these mediums.
I hope to see you around and am thankful that you healed from your surgery and made it back here to learn with us.
My pastor and I were able to get him in an animal crate. Pastor and his family were able to get him to another town to a rehab facility. The lady doing rehab had been treating birds of prey for 30 years and was in her 80’s. She examined the little hawk and his wing was broken in such a way it would not heal. A very kind “old soul” she (and her husband) fed and medicated him so he was not in pain. He did not survive his injuries. My original plan was to try to sell the drawing and donate the funds to her as she indicated they spend about $30-40,000 of their own money yearly. She has since retired from rehabbing so I gave the drawing to a friend. I love to see the look on folks faces when I draw something and it actually looks pretty good, lol! People are so amazed you would draw something and just gift it to them “You drew that for me?!”, and their eyes just light up. Priceless. I’m going to try some pen and ink and would like to learn washes. I’ve been sitting in on the oil pastel class just to see what it’s like.
