Harpy Eagle pencil drawing

Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpya).

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.

HARPY EAGLE ON CURASSOW

The hunter and the hunted are at it again, this time in Panama, where both of these creatures live out their lives. The curassow is a relative of pheasants and chickens, but much less well known. They do indeed make meals for harpies and other large raptors, and of course for humans as well. This image is now in its sixth year, I will try to finish it this year.