Wood Ducks — Gallery Canvas Enhanced sketching the same wing positions

sketching the same wing positions over and over until the geometry of the dive became second nature

Glen solved it with watercolour

and Glen's painting honours that quality

gives this piece a quality of intimate observation

its ears alert

Wood Ducks — Gallery Canvas Enhanced sketching the same wing positionsWood Ducks the male's extraordinary breeding plumage one of the most complex and beautiful of any North American waterfowl rendered with the precision the species demands. The iridescent green and purple of the head, the intricate white facial pattern, the chestnut breast, the golden flanks: all of it is there in Glen's watercolour, each colour zone placed exactly where it falls on the actual bird. The Wood Duck is among the most technically