Sunday, April 29, 2018

Morning Dove Waiting His Turn

Today's watercolor sketch is of one of the several morning doves that tend to hog the feeders.  This guy sat and waited until the blue jay that was there left and then made himself at home smack center of the flat feeder.  I was surprised that he didn't just move in on the blue jay but this one didn't.  The others are not as polite........lol.

After working with the Sharpie felt tip pen, I decided to use my Lamy Safari fountain pen.  I'm truly starting to appreciate the use of felt tip pens like the Microns and the Sharpie.  They dry fast even on sized watercolor paper.  My ink took forever to dry and even smeared and transferred by the side of my hand. 

Strathmore Visual WC sketchbook



4 comments:

LannieK said...

Yes, they can be kind of ... annoying, and you captured him nicely!

Susan Bronsak said...

Lannie.........I like your term.......lol. And thank you :-)

Annie said...

I love the mourning doves that come around. I don’t have a flat feeder so they patiently eat was is dropped at the bottom. This is a great sketch!

Susan Bronsak said...

Annie....thank you :-) You would have loved the scene yesterday. There were five all trying to fit in the one small round flat feeder. It was funny to watch them.