A sketchpage of Surfbirds, a drawing done with a rich brown pencil line, and three colors, medium grey, yellow and orange. There are four birds on the page, set up as a pair of birds in two interaction poses. The top two birds are breast to breast with their tails slightly up, heads off in different directions as the bird on the left is lower with its bill open. The bird on the right has its head facing to the right, we can just see the edge of its head. The lower two birds are facing each other in almost a mirror image, heads are down with their tails up as they walk together. There are designed splashes around them.
These birds, I saw in Fort Bragg, CA on a trip up route 1. They were huddled together with Black Turnstones. As the sun hit them they got more active. The Surfbirds, started interacting. First with their heads down, then the open mouth chat. #Shorebird #Surfbird #Sketchpage #NatureIllustration