African Plovers

This work depicts three African Plovers. The Blacksmith Plover, the Crowned Plover and the Black-winged Plover, which I was fortunate to observe in East Africa. It was a wonderful challenge to create the contrast and structures of the birds plumage in this technique.

The scratchboard technique allows a very detailed work of black and white pictures. A scratchboard is made of a wooden panel covered with a basic clay layer and the surface is stained with black Indian ink. White lines were generated by scratching the surface and the remove of the ink coat.

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African Plovers
Scratchboard
each 5" x 5" | 2019

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