Today I sketched a duck, unfortunately not “plein air” but from a photo I took in Tasmania under the Richmond Bridge. I was very mindful though of the skeletal structure. I find it fascinatingly productive to visualise the skeleton, which you can “Google”, and base the sketch on it. When you look at the bone structure, all of a sudden putting it all together is much easier. This was a quick sketch in watercolour and some white gel pen on top, as I didn’t have the patience to draw out all the feathers. 
that duck was well painted.but a duck out of the deep waters of imagination would have been better.u see, painting is like poetry, having an air of fantasy about it.
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Thank you for your comment. Good point!
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Very beautiful again – and how interesting to learn that you use the skeleton to visualise the painting! 🙂
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Thank you again1 I learned it from a book by Dr Natalia Balo. There is so much to learn, but from what i have learned so far it really helps!
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love your art…
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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Fabulous!
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Much appreciated – thank you, Catherine! 🙂
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Amazing as always! Especially hits home as my dad loves ducks haha.
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Thanks, Code! Ducks seem to be another one of those favourites! 🙂
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Oh that is exquisite; it is at once so solid and so floating/light. And, for a “quick” sketch your feathers are pretty awesome! I wish i could do as well.
Holly
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beautiful Anica!
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this is amazing! well done!
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Nice sketch! Well done!
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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