Heron in the Shallows
Watching a heron in the shallows is a lesson in stillness. They possess a quiet, singular focus that I wanted to capture here, relying on the fluid nature of watercolour and ink to convey both the bird's structure and the…
Watching a heron in the shallows is a lesson in stillness. They possess a quiet, singular focus that I wanted to capture here, relying on the fluid nature of watercolour and ink to convey both the bird's structure and the…
The challenge was to capture the bird's stillness while suggesting the fluidity of its movement. Watercolours often encourage a certain level of unpredictability, and here, I allowed the pigment to settle into the paper, creating soft, blurred transitions that mirror…