First I would like to thank DPP artists and especially Mary Beth
Brath for allowing me to participate in March DPP challenge.
I was initially drawn to DPP challenge because of the light and
my assumption of wow this would be fun to draw, little did I know my
interpretation of a bird’s nest was going to be a painful one which involved
some research, patience and a technique I might have used once or twice in the
past. The light hit the eggs just right, not to dark and not to light with
a little bit of reflected light and shadow. Things got a little
problematic or stressful when it was time to address the nest ( I should of did
a close up). I figured a negative drawing of the nest was the best
approach, although it was rather difficult to see a pattern to the nest other
than overlapping sticks and twigs. Twenty plus hours later, I’m fairly
happy with result although it’s not complete, close up looks so good right now J.
Hopefully I will have time to go back and complete the drawing and post the
entire nest as opposed to the close up.
Bird’s nest 5" x 7"
Colored pencil, white chalk & graphite on toned paper
Bird’s nest WIP
