{"id":3441,"date":"2017-07-28T17:44:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T17:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2018-11-28T08:56:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T08:56:13","slug":"march-sketches-cormorants-wheatear-and-teal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/march-sketches-cormorants-wheatear-and-teal\/","title":{"rendered":"March sketches &#8211; cormorants, wheatear and teal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay so its nearly August but my mind is in\u00a0March as I gather together my sketches for the March book. \u00a0I love the simplicity of pencil sketches.<\/p>\n<p>The distinctive shape of \u00a0cormorants\u00a0&#8211; wonderful birds to sketch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/march-sketches-cormorants-wheatear-and-teal\/cormorant_sketch1\/\" 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src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CORMORANT_sketch1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CORMORANT_sketch1.jpg 463w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CORMORANT_sketch1-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/march-sketches-cormorants-wheatear-and-teal\/cormorant_sketch2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CORMORANT_sketch2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"566,743\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Expression 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https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CORMORANT_sketch2-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Teal in flight &#8211; there will be more of these, I can&#8217;t resist a teal at full pelt!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3444\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/march-sketches-cormorants-wheatear-and-teal\/march_teal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MARCH_teal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"858,566\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Expression 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https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MARCH_wheatear1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MARCH_wheatear1-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/MARCH_wheatear1-485x300.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It has quite an upright stance with a bandit face mask, grey back, black wings and tail, a white rump and a reddish flourish under its beak.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/march-sketches-cormorants-wheatear-and-teal\/march_wheatear2-copy-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/march_wheatear2-copy-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"478,498\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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