1000th in 10......swan, goose....?

Didn’t have room to explain the drawing in the info box. I’ve done several of these tree trunk drawings from photos I’ve taken whilst down at the Moss reserve but this one, I missed! This was taken by a friend of mine who spotted it in the woods.....thank you Jas. When I first saw the photo I thought it looked like a Dragon.

Wow, what detailed work and fabulous pencil skills - amazing 1000th post!

Congratulations on meeting your goal Fiona, great achievement, well done. Great pencil work.

Fabulous drawing so much detail and skill. Congrats on reaching your goal of 1000.

Thank you very much ladies, your comments are very much appreciated. It’s taken about four hours, trying to get the moss to look like moss, the texture anyway. Thanks again.

Amazing and skilful drawing, Fiona - well done indeed and congratulations on your 1000th!

Brilliant Fiona!

A swan, Fiona, a swan! After all that concentration I hope you are suitably celebrating! I have to say, it's worthy of the 1000th, it's pretty amazing.🎉🎆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆🍸or even🍺!

Now that's an amazing pencil drawing. I'm seriously impressed Fiona..well done. Congrats also on achieving your challenge and also, thanks for bringing so much humour and inspiration to the gallery. I always enjoy seeing your work and reading all your comments! I shall raise a glass to you. Here's to another ten years and loads more lovely paintings from you x

Good grief, there’s some work in this drawing Fiona, tremendous! That’s 100 a year, about the same rate as myself. A goose head with a beak full of weeds!

what a great piece of texture work Fiona, really tells the stories of ages past, nice one with gold stars.

Goodness Fiona, well done on your 1000th! Goose or swan for me, and fantastic detail. What a great find!

A fabulous drawing.

Wonderful detailed drawing, love this work

My goodness, so that was the countdown in the title. What a milestone. This is a brilliant 1000th post!

Anne, Linda, thank you very much. Yes, yes a swan Marjorie! I will be celebrating, I’m having a G&T with Louise. Thank you Marjorie. Louise, thank you x I will be joining you for a G&T, I’ll be pouring mine about seven....and don’t forget it’s Friday.....Turkish Delight night ! Alan, thank you, yes I see what you mean about the weed in the beak. There are some characterful trees and trunks Malcolm, each one can create a piece of art. Thank you very much for your comment. I did it in bits Michael, had to, I couldn’t see straight, and it had nothing to do with the gin. Thank you for your generous words. Thanks Tessa, so pleased you like,it.

When I first saw the thumbnail image of this I have to admit I thought it was a bird with fish in its beak! But no, it’s a really brilliant drawing of a tree trunk, I’m in awe if your drawing skills. Congratulations on completing your challenge Fiona, what next, how are you ever going to top it?

Congratulations on 1000 posts Fiona. 100 points for stamina.

What a wonderful drawing to complete your challenge Fiona. Well done. Your pencil drawings of trees and bark etc. never fail to amaze me with their detail and your obvious patience. Yes this is certainly a swan. Congratulations - you made it with time to spare.

What an extraordinary drawing, Fiona! So much fine detail and precision. Absolutely stunning!

Camel! Fabulous drawing Fiona and a fascinating tree trunk. Congratulations for reaching such an amazing milestone 🥂🍷

Lol....Christine , I don’t know what to challenge myself to next. I want to give myself another goal, so I don’t go mad until I can get out and play! Thank you very much for your comment. Stevan, thanks very much. Are you doing anything exciting with paint at the moment? Carol thank you very much, I do appreciate you taking the time to look and say such lovely things. You are very kind Ann, thank you. Camel??? Not even if I squint, can I see a camel! Lol.....I’m perhaps a glass or two behind you Katy. I’ll have another look after a few more 😉 thank you.

Well done Fiona on reaching the 1000, and with a superb drawing . The textures and the shading are excellent it looks so delicate.

Congratulations Fiona, I'll be watching "what next" with great interest. Wonderfully detailed pencil work, to me it does resemble a dragon.

That is a splendidly detailed piece, and worthy of your 1000th post, congrats.

The details are amazing, need a lot of skill and patience, well done!

Great work, Fiona - and it does look very goose like at first glance! (Well done on your 1000th posting!]

Fantastic work Fiona, looks really like a swan.

Wow congratulations on your 1000th post Fiona, amazing achievement and what a beautifully intricate sketch to mark the occasion. No dragon, Swan for me too.

Paul, Sandra, Christopher, Kwok, Jenny, Linda and Anjana.....thank you all for your lovely feedback, it’s very much appreciated.

Fantastic work ! I'm impressed by your strong will and beautiful pencil work.

Gosh Fiona, well done you and huge congratulations. I am only on 48!!!! Wonderful skills as per usual. Sketching with a 4B pencil is a great joy for me especially while walking on Dartmoor or on the mountains of Snowdonia. Well done, Dave

This is amazing Fiona, what a wonderful drawing! I see a swan but also a dog's head in the moss. I admire your patience and observational skills as well as your ability to transfer what you see onto paper in such exquisite detail, Congratulations on meeting your personal challenge! xx

Thank you Avril David thanks very much, you are very kind. The thousand is ten years worth.... I wonder if I can manage another thousand in the next ten years!

Missed you Diane. I don’t like drawing very much to be honest Diane, not in the usual sense, this is a bit different. I kind of glaze over when doing this kind of thing and get so absorbed time flies by. I need another challenge now! Thank you for your comment.

Congratulations on your great work. Absolutely fabulous sketch.

Amazing detail - wow!

Many thanks to you both for your lovely comments.

Like it ❤️!

Ooh absolutely gorgeous Fiona I thought only nature could produce. Full of massive talent and honed skills through a wide range. Happy 1000 hope you live that long. Got to be 2000next

Wow...thank you Dennis! Wish I had your genius.

Flippin heck........what detail. Amazing

Lol….thanks very much Roib.