As mentioned, Crane was an item on the Hunt. Gesture sketches of our local bird seemed a fine idea. Gene rode his trike so I walked to the closest bench and sketched. Pretty day. I did some sketches with the crane or egret far away. It was up to its bum in the water so couldn't see its legs. Nice reflections. I went back for the binoculars and the bird came up on a sandy spot and pruned itself a bit. I got a couple of the little ducks and then a very quick sketch of the scene. Everything moving and so far from the bench.
For Scavenger Hunt 97 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-97-dec-30-jan-7.6431/
Number 5 Crane - after looking at photos on internet I think it is a Great Egret not a crane.
Number 6 Cove
Remember these are names of Texas towns.
Later I was looking out the window and saw the Blue Heron, it wasn't around earlier. It is a bit larger that the white Great Egret.
I love this post by James Gurney about plein air painting or public painting:
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2024/01/scene-in-laundromat.html
2 comments:
Glad you had your binoculars handy. Some of the sketches came out really good. We have egrets down by the marshland sometimes, but they are usually too far away to see them well and then they are skittish if you move too close.
Joan, thanks. This egret seems to be living here. It has been around and seems OK with all the walkers and dogs if it stays on the other side of the pond.
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