Loon on the easel

[DaveHawk]

Not me but this pic. Found it to be a bit different but interesting.

 

[What Map]

I think loons are some of the most interesting beautiful waterfowl around. I rarely hear their call in the wild but we are getting a few on the mountain lakes in SW Montana the last few years.

 

[Southwind]

What is your preferred medium?

 

[noharleyyet]

...title had me going Dave. I do like your water & wings renderings.

 

[DaveHawk]

Thanks guys. Hope you like what emerges here. I am a little behind the 8 ball on this one. Birds usually give me a fit. I did how every just sketch this one with using a graph of any sort and think it came out good. I know there will be changes made as I go.

South I use acrylic inks.

 

[putm2sleep]

Nice work Dave - I love loons. Looking forward to your finished product sir!!

 

[DaveHawk]

Awesome sound on the lakes, I started with the head so this is where I am at.
Lot of learning for me with this one.

 

[MKotur325]

Incredible work Dave!!

The texturing on the head is fantastic!! Love it!

 

[DaveHawk]

Thanks MK, Now last night I sat about 4 hours and fiddled with the tones on the head , lining up dots and just getting to looking at this how too's technique's.

 

[schmalts]

Looking good! Neat birds too. Definitely the sound of the wild

 

[DaveHawk]

I haven't done much on this the past week. I had to remove the inner primary to the bike to replace the rear shifter linkage. I am new at being a bike mechanic so it took some time. A lot of runs to the parts store for the right tool. LOL

 

[Colberjs]

Looking good. Make sure to get the grease off your hands before to get back to the painting. Haha

 

[DaveHawk]

Still didn't get the bike running right. The clutch is way off and that's out of my knowledge scope. Even reading the manual I can't get the RPM's up when in gear.

 

[noharleyyet]

Loons

Fishing in East Texas with Draftstud and our sons yesterday we saw a calling flock of these swimming past the boat in a thick cold fog. We had been hearing them and discussing your painting skills Dave. An eerily beautiful sight and sound moment. Cool creatures indeed.

 

[DaveHawk]

No-h
It's been 2 weeks since ive worked on this. I don't think I could have picked a harder more complex pose. I think I'm back on track.
I did take the bike to a shop, the pinch ring to the clutch was not in correctly.

 

[noharleyyet]

Killer pose Dave. Multiple perspectives going on there.

As far as wrenching a harley, I may as well have my head up my pinch ring.

 

[DaveHawk]

No, my wife said the same thing. get ri of the jack lift and let a mechanic do the work. I need to know somethings about the bike.

 

[DRAFTSTUD]

That was the most Loons I have ever seen on a Lake or anywhere for that matter. It looked like a buch of Submarines headed out to war! John

 

[DaveHawk]

I am getting about 2 hours in when I paint. I need to do a lot of visual meetering of this one.

 

[L. I. Yankee]

I love that bird....can't wait to see the finished painting.....