Lapwings Over the Flooded Field
A flock of lapwings turning over a flooded field. A Nordic field watercolour.
How this was made
This piece began with a written instruction alone, with no photograph. The instruction is kept, so the record is complete rather than flattering.
THE PROMPT AND THE SETTINGS
PROMPT
POSITIVE: A Nordic field watercolour of a loose flock of northern lapwings rising over a wet spring meadow, painted outdoors in a loose, quick field-sketch manner: wet-in-wet washes for the pale windy sky and the puddled grass, crisp dry-brush marks for the birds' dark green-black backs, white bellies and wispy crests, a low line of bare alders far off. Muted palette of slate, pale ochre and grey-green, soft overcast light, white paper showing through in places. No text, no signature, no border.
SETTINGS
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NOTE
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