Deer Sketches
I’ve had quite a lot of deer visiting the cottage lately. They come between 6 and 7 in the morning so I have to get up early to see them. I used to I grab my camera when I saw them. However it’s still too dark for photos when they visit so I started leaving my sketching kit by the window ready to go.
I have a deer block (food) that is a few feet from the walkout of my cottage. I have to be very still as sometimes they can see me through the window. When they are at the block they are relatively still for a few minutes.
Some will share the block, some won’t. They kick the others away with their front legs.
My bedroom window is right above the walkout. I moved my sketching kit up there. There’s not much light in the room that early in the morning and I didn’t want to take the time to turn on the light so some of the colours got a bit mixed up.
I tried some of the sketches with just watercolour. I can get get the basic shapes down a lot faster that way but I can make a mess a lot faster too.
Posted on March 31, 2018, in Cross Training, Nature Journaling, Sketches, Watercolours and tagged deer, nature, watercolor, watercolour, wildlife art. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Last year I sat by a water hole in Namibia for 4 hours and sketched the animals as they came and went. It was one of the best parts of the holiday and it sharpens your drawing skills.
That must have been a great experience. My drawing of deer has greatly improved since I have started doing this. I can even finish off parts of it once they have moved as I know their anatomy so well.