One For Sorrow

It ought to be one for joy, really! I've just got the nod from Spurn Wildlife Group that they're interested in using a pic or two for their report. Thanks to Jack Ashton Booth for showing interest in my fledgling illustrating career. Hopefully there will be a opportunity with Sheffield Bird Study Group, too! Anyone else wanting drawings for bird reports then please get in touch!
I like subjects that make a bold statement and, like the tufties, here's one. Very simple but hopefully effective. These are great to sketch - they're almost perfectly proportioned with that sloping back, long tail and long legs. Sketched from the bedroom window (better be careful where I point that scope!). It was a dull, overcast morning so the challenge was to get the background conifers slightly out of focus, which I think works. Of course it should be an Hawk Owl perched up, but that's hopefully one for not-too-distant-future.
Thanks for looking
Russ

Study of black and white thingy, 5th March 2016