...that's the latin name for herring gull! - the subject of my next study. i love seagulls and think many people miss their elegance and beauty because they are rather abundant and can be quite opportunistic (even marauding!).
people don't like 'opportunistic' animals. we HATE pigeons, squirrels, foxes and so on, because they have made the best out of our slovenly habit of not clearing up properly after ourselves: they are survivors and are often wily and intelligent and have grown bold in our presence. people don't like that - i think it tramples on our superiority complex: the traditional view of nature and wildlife is that it is frightened, wary and respectful of us. but these guys feed on our excesses, have the NERVE live in our lofts and under our sheds. it upsets me when perfectly nice people say that they 'hate' pigeons: why? they're cool little birds that have learned to live in our urban spaces (which would be duller without them). granted they can carry disease - but they only get them because we're the dirty ones! and i've not heard of anyone who has contracted a disease via that notorious vector of death, the feral pigeon, have you?
i digress.... seagulls. this is a picture of a work in progress of the first drawing of a set of four planned seagull drawings. it is a herring gull descending to land. all graphite on mellotex. background is blended graphite (with stump).
I will do more background once the bird is more drawn. I don't want to overkill it too soon. (pic is from a digital photo rather than a scan, as drawing is fairly large - see below pic of my desk with drawing on for some idea of scale)
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