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Herring Gull on Rocks

Larus argentatus

Bird Painting in Gouache

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Gouache on Illustration Board 1985

7 x 5 ins

private collection

 

A Photorealism Bird Painting of a Herring Gull at Lynmouth, 

Devon, on the south-west coast of England. The scene is 

on the river Lyn, and the Seagull was good enough to stay still 

for several minutes as I took a number of Photographs.

 

The mood is quite low key, a study in muted grey-greens.

The yellow of the bill and the pink of the legs are played 

down. Note how the spots on the Seagull's wing tips are 

echoed in the blurred highlights of the water and in the 

background rocks.

 

Some of the highlight effects were achieved by putting clear 

water onto the dried paint and then dabbing with a tissue or 

lifting out with the tip of a dry brush.

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