The bird is the word

Bartc

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Today's effort after a long drought. Not from life nor from a reference photo, rather from memory, but painted in situ on the docks. I'm not really practiced at animals. 11.5x9.5" pastel on Dark Gray PastelMat. Redwood City, CA. B. Charlow 2022
Redwood City Harbor bird 2022.jpg
 
Thanks, Folks.
What's odd is that I had seen the heron or egret fishing amidst the rocks by the dock, shot a photo on my phone, and by the time I got set up the tide had covered the rocks and the bird moved on to better fishing. I don't like to paint from photos and thought I had a good composition in my head, so went ahead and painted without reference to the photo. Preferred to be more creative than precise.
You won't believe that when you see the photo, to which I referred later at home!
bird at harbor.jpg
 
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