SITTING ON A FENCE

This is a drawing of a Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)I did in 1991. Working a lot this week in pencil, and I like to go back over the old work and revive my memory of certain techniques, so I pulled out a lot of items I had not seen for a while, including a number of sketches of the birds here in the Natural History Museum. They have a nice Harpy Eagle, and had, but took down, the Philippine (Monkey Eating) Eagle, so I am glad I sketched it when it was around. One Harpy Eagle is already up, it is the largest work I have at hand, about A1 size and in oil.