We have geese and we take pictures of them, but I’d love to be able to draw them. There’s so much poured volume and chiseled grace in an almost-monochrome shape. They grow—you can see the beaks getting longer in “adolescence”, and they molt! Their heads sit at different angles on their necks, their stride can be purposeful or leisurely. And when there’s snow on the ground and they are suddenly not the whitest thing around, their curves acquire a subtle metallic shine (at the base of the neck, at the invagination of an eye etc.).
I don’t have the time, though, but geese are great.
We have geese and we take pictures of them, but I’d love to be able to draw them. There’s so much poured volume and chiseled grace in an almost-monochrome shape. They grow—you can see the beaks getting longer in “adolescence”, and they molt! Their heads sit at different angles on their necks, their stride can be purposeful or leisurely. And when there’s snow on the ground and they are suddenly not the whitest thing around, their curves acquire a subtle metallic shine (at the base of the neck, at the invagination of an eye etc.).
I don’t have the time, though, but geese are great.