How to draw a Gannet in Flight in Pastel

This Gannet is a resident of the Muriwai Gannet colony on the coast west of Auckland. This colony has approx 1200 breeding pairs. They are fairly large birds with a two meter (6 ft) wingspan. I believe the young Gannets fly to Australia once they leave the nest and then return a few years later to secure a nestting site. They are extremely swift in flight.

In this lesson you will learn:

1.  How to paint the out of focus sea surface.
2.  How to render the white feathers
3.  How to show detail in the black feathers