If you are a regular to my blog, you will know that White-tailed Eagles are a favourite of mine to paint. The model for this portrait was a young female White-tailed Eagle called ‘Snatch’, who was the resident White-tailed Eagle at Blair Drummond Safari Park. I visited Blair Drummond in 2011, and took many photos […]
My drawing of a male White-tailed Eagle with a flounder fish. The eagle is clutching his meal in his razor sharp talons, while perching on a wooden post encased in seaweed, situated in the Eden Estuary, Fife, Scotland. Meet the eagle This particular eagle is a male who was brought over from Norway as a […]
The story behind this drawing of a White-tailed Eagle on the Isle of Mull. This eagle and his mate regularly flew past, or over, the house where I was staying on the Isle of Mull, back in March 2015. The scene in the drawing captures a moment the male flew low over the trees next […]
As a graphite pencil artist, I think paper stumps and tortillons are high on my list of ‘must haves’ in my drawing equipment. The stumps come in a variety of sizes so you can blend large or small areas of pencil. If you enjoy drawing (and this includes charcoal and pastels) these are a must […]