The Roseate Spoonbill
Progress Shots below:
Decided on the color Pink…
Mi Tientes Paper to be exact
Laying out the sketch 8-25-26
finally started on some detail…
starting to get good! 08-26-2026
up-close detail 08-26-2026
Morning update 08-27-2026
This gal is literally coming to life at this moment.
here’s to another 1.5 hours of work (doesn’t look like much…but this one is a brain twister) 08-28-2026
4 feathers in 1 hour…consider that a record! 08-29-2026
Morning Update: another hour and the wing is coming together 08-30-2026
up-close feather detail 08-31-26
overall update 08-31-2026
this update was kind of scary (haha) but it is part of my process
09-01-2026
Morning update another 1.5 hours in and looking a lot better 09-02-2026
thank goodness this wing is starting to look more life-like
another 1.5 hours in 09-03-2026
the ugliest part is almost over…
09-04-2026
now that is looking like a bird wing…09-05-2026
another hour for this afternoon update 09-05-2026
Morning update: 1.5 hours; I hope that now you can see the wing pattern that made me want to draw this to begin with
09-06-2026
8 hour day drawing today…
afternoon update 09-07-2026
And after two more hours…
Finally complete
09-08-2026
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Drawing is Work-In-Progress
19.685” x 25.5906” (Exactly 50 cm x 65 cm)
Original Charcoal and Pastel
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