{"id":22289,"date":"2026-03-31T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/?p=22289"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:20:17","slug":"the-shapes-birds-make-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/31\/the-shapes-birds-make-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"The shapes Birds make in the air"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shapes Birds make in the air<\/span><\/p>\n

Another New Studio<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve spent the past six weeks working with the idea of birds and the shapes birds make in the air.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bird Wash Feb 2026<\/p><\/div>\n

Firstly I finished ‘Bird Wash’.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Drawing Feb 26<\/p><\/div>\n

I started drawing larger with sheets made from A1 cartridge paper.<\/p>\n

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‘Shapes birds make in the air’ 3,4,5 and 5 A1 in progress<\/p><\/div>\n

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‘The shapes birds make in the air 2 (large)’ Feb 2026<\/p><\/div>\n

Developing the shapes made in sketches.<\/p>\n

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‘The shapes birds make in the air 6’ March 2026<\/p><\/div>\n

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Maquettes March 2026<\/p><\/div>\n

I made some of them into maquettes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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‘The shapes birds make in the air 5’ March 2026<\/p><\/div>\n

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‘The shapes birds make in the air 6 & 1 9Large)’ March 2026<\/p><\/div>\n

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‘Large’ 6 and Maquette 13 03 26<\/p><\/div>\n

And continued to work on them throughout March.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sketchbook Bird Shapes 2026<\/p><\/div>\n

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‘The shapes birds make in the air 10’ March 2026<\/p><\/div>\n

After that I started to think about making drawings of several rather than one bird.<\/span><\/p>\n

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‘A murder’ in progress<\/p><\/div>\n

Towards the end of the month I started making AR pieces with meadow space. These are in progress.<\/p>\n