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  1. RussB

    FZ330 An Idiot's Guide

    Hi! Not been on BF for some time and then it was all on the art forum. Just got a second hand FZ330 to take record shots, holiday pics and back up for my main passion - field sketching. I've been looking through the threads about this camera and it's obviously well capable of much more than I'm...
  2. RussB

    Recent sketches

    Finally, two peckers - Brown-fronted, which was playing 'peek-a-boo' by our hotel in Rhanikhet continuously for about a minute, thus offering the oppo for this sketch! See also crap sketch of Wallcreeper above! Also Scaly-bellied sketched from the car on our way ooop to Nainital. Collared...
  3. RussB

    Recent sketches

    We experienced some very unseasonal heavy rain on a couple of days which meant being confined to digs, so to whittle the time away here's a bic pen sketch of my a view across the valley from our hotel at Sat Tal, and quick sketches of dirt-common Himalayan Bulbuls. Also two pages of the bizarre...
  4. RussB

    Recent sketches

    More owls (please zoom in - I've yet to master the new scanner set up on my PC) - Asian Barred Owlet and Collared Owlet; the former sat in a tree in the middle of a bustling north Indian village surrounded by children and dogs! Also Rufous Sibia, female Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush and one...
  5. RussB

    Recent sketches

    Greetings! Yes, I'm still alive and soldiering on with the sketches. Seeing as that you will all have missed the master at work - ah, ah, ah - I thought it was high-time I got back on the art forum. In a world now ruled by the man with the lens I have to get my art fix somewhere! I'd like to...
  6. RussB

    Mallorca 2012

    Thanks for more useful info, guys! If anything else comes to mind I know where to come! I'll definitely be paying regular visits here for an update of the Mallorcan migration, and I really look forward to sharing my experiences with ya. Game on! Cheers again Russ
  7. RussB

    Mallorca 2012

    Thanks for the info, guys! The place is obviously still pulling the birds, as I've found out by reading back through the thread! I generally don't go mad to see new birds but it, Eleonora's apart - which I'd love to see, it would be daft not to at least spend a bit of time looking for Balearic...
  8. RussB

    Mallorca 2012

    Hi there! I didn't know such a thread existed, even on BF! I've booked for a week at Puerto Pollensa from late Sept into early Oct with the ladyfriend. As I've not been since I was a nipper I'm wandering is it still the migration hot spot it once was? I'll probably miss lots of stuff but so...
  9. RussB

    Whats this a Pencil

    Yeah, that Heron is really very good! Cracking Kestrel and Grey Wag, too. If I could go at it knowing my efforts would be this good in such a short time, then I would - no probs! Russ
  10. RussB

    From the sketchbook...

    Alan, Ken - many thanks for the advice! Russ
  11. RussB

    revivingKensArt

    Hi Ken, Been some months since I commented last. Good to see you still working in all this different media. Nice work with the sketches of the Green Heron and Flycatchers; some very nice lines here. Good bit of watercolour, too. This reminds me of a bird I twitched in the UK back in...
  12. RussB

    Springwatch in Orkney

    I'll be watching if that bird with the blond hair is still going to be appearing!
  13. RussB

    Wootton Art 2012

    Oh Sxxt! That Eider is monstrously good and the warbler piece is simply awesome. Further comment would be superflous! Russ
  14. RussB

    Recent sketches

    More Lil' Egrets and Spotted Redshank sketches. I still fart about with detail, but try to keep it to a minimum. Just a hint of shading to suggest any plumage detail should all be what's really needed. 'tis going to be a very long road! Thanks for loooking. Russ
  15. RussB

    Recent sketches

    More shanks plus Little Egret. I'm now trying to sketch purely as I watch the bird, rather than rely on the 'visual memory'. Even though I consider mine to be poor, which only lasts two or three seconds often it's a case of drawing what I'm thinking I'm seeing rarther than what's really there...
  16. RussB

    Recent sketches

    Many thanks for your comments. A few weeks ago I decided to 'chuck out' what I thought I knew and try to adopt a much looser style, that would hopefully capture that ever elusive jizz of the live bird. This new approach has been now been hopefully cemented in my skull after a chat with artist...
  17. RussB

    From the sketchbook...

    Hi there! Me too, but I've not yet had the inclination to use it! Where can I find another thread which features such fantastic subjects gulls; waders and raptors, and all effortlessly captured. The Pallid Harrier flight studies are most impressive, sir! Would you tell me what paper you're using...
  18. RussB

    Uist Garden Birds

    Wow! Superb work with the Black-winged Prat. I'm most impressed! These flight studies are quite sensational. Don't spoil it and tell me you've done done 'em with the aid of a camera! Can't wait to see more of the same. Probably a long shot here, Andrew, but were you in Biedaihe in May 2005? It...
  19. RussB

    Wootton Art 2012

    Well, I've put it off long enough, having to take a look on here! Dare I say you have IMPROVED since I last looked? Of these latest pieces I must agree with Buzzard12; the female Eider and Arctic Terns is the best work I've seen from you and one of the finest I've ever laid eyes on since...
  20. RussB

    birdfair...

    Hi Mark, I'll be travelling down for the Friday show. I'll check out your superb carvings! Regards Russ
  21. RussB

    Recent sketches

    My last three, until next time. That'll be after the Birdfair, where I hope to purchase fine art and gather inspiration yet again. Cheers
  22. RussB

    Recent sketches

    Finally, a selection of cormorants from a few weeks ago. Despite having made literally hundreds of sketches of these in the past, I'm always surprised how difficult they are when you come back to them! Hadly many birders' favourites, they are great practice for me! I find it a real challenge to...
  23. RussB

    Recent sketches

    More Lil' Gulls, including dodgy flight sketches! I'm pushing the boundaries a bit more, as they say! I know the next logical step is a splash of watercolour. However, I've bored you all enough in the past about how to go down that route so It will have to be a case of taking the plunge and not...
  24. RussB

    Recent sketches

    Another 'tick' were five Little Gulls, again at Pugs in May.What superbly delicate creatures these are! Mos of the time they were dipping and hawking over the reserve lake but would then settle on the water for some very convenient sketches. Each of the first-summer birds had subtly different...
  25. RussB

    Recent sketches

    Sketches of drake Garganey from Pugneys CP in early May. This was a sketching 'tick' for me in the uk! Again, lots of detail to come to terms with in an intricately plumaged bird, made monstrously difficult when it was actively feeding.I need to just hint at plumage patterns and concentrate on...
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