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  1. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Time is getting used up by various Christmas projects at the moment but I've managed to sneak in this little reminder of Summer. Mike
  2. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Good! Just don't go painting stonechats and showing me up! Mike
  3. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Cheers all. The DIY and general assault on home cleaning, tidying etc as organised by my 'time management team' is slowing down now so it's back to painting for me. Mike
  4. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Thanks all. Back to the UK wildlife for a bit. Here's the latest two. Stonechats are usually pretty obvious at Elmley this time of year and it's always good to see them flitting along in the reeds ahead of you. This one is from a couple of weeks back. Last weekend we had some sunshine and...
  5. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    It's a Woody windfall! Cheers both. Mike
  6. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    My final trip up the hill on the morning of the day we flew back to Blighty yielded these Blue tailed bee eaters and my very last sketch in Singapore which was reserved for a white collared kingfisher which nicely bookended the first (Not scanned because it was in a tiny sketchpad currently...
  7. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    On my way out from the reserve I waited for my lift by a pond and sketched a quick couple of Whire breasted waterhen. Back on the hill the Lineated barbets continued to entertain and the White vented (Javan) mynas made me smile with their silly walks. More captivating, and a little more...
  8. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    A day trip to Sungei Buloh (Which means Bamboo river btw) started well with a dollarbird and purple heron, got better with a fishing Striated heron and went up another notch with lots of Mongolian (Lesser Sand) Plovers in amongst heaps and heaps of redshank, Greenshank, Whimbrel and little...
  9. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    The temperatures were ridiculous and I dripped sweat onto the paper at times, there were plenty of mossies by the water too and I managed to smear some in the sketchbook as well as applying several coats to all my exposed bits! After a fabulous trip we returned to Singapore and my morning hill...
  10. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    As part of our trip we went over to Bintan Island in Indonesia. Last year I had a mental list of birds that I was desperate to see. Way at the top of that list alongside Eagles and others was Stork billed kingfisher. I fulfilled my wish to an extent and did manage to see them but the views were...
  11. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    White collared kingfishers are very common on the hill and elsewhere. They hunt from perches in the trees and dive down to the grass where they catch large insects like huge, black carpenter bees and, more often, Geckos which they can't seem to get enough of. Less often seen are the White...
  12. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Lineated Barbet which, according to my book, should be a mountain specialist was a regular on the hill. Laced woodpecker hanging and an overhead House swift. Blue tailed bee eaters were also seen regularly, more Lineated Barbet and a Black naped oriole, yet another regular. A trip to Sugei Buloh...
  13. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    I've not commented on here for a while and so I find myself on page 2! So to rectify that I thought it was about time I posted some of this year's Singapore/Indonesia sketches some good, some horribly bad! White collared kingfisher and Racket (Raquet?) tailed Drongo were the first two birds in...
  14. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Ha ha! No way would I put my scribbles up against any of the swala lot (and that includes all here). That would be one easy way to make a fool of myself! Thanks for the votes of confidence though. Mike
  15. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Part two... Mike
  16. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Thanks for the comments all. One of these days I won't be on holiday at the wrong time and I'm going to get to the birdfair! I may even enquire about a stand for next year. Well I've got quite a bit of stuff from this year's Singapore trip to show you but for now here's some odds and ends from...
  17. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    :clap::clap::clap: Too much time on your hans Tim, go do some painting! ;) Mike
  18. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Thanks for all the feedback chaps. I think there may be a bit more development to do yet, I'll let you know if things change. Mike
  19. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Thanks guys. I may well tweek the gallery a bit just to add a pull down menu so that you can navigate directly to numbered gallery pages, but other than that I'm relatively happy with it. Mike
  20. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    OK folks my updated website has gone live (Eeek!) It's not been easy and I've needed quite a bit of help but I think it's been worth the effort. Please let me know what you think, I had some problems with the way different browsers display things so any feedback would be welcome. It's the same...
  21. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Thanks All, I'm carrying on for now, despite the challenges. I'm overhauling my website at the mo and I've got a links page to populate so if anyone here would like to be included in that let me know (here or pm) and we can get a bit of reciprocal linking going on! Mike
  22. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Cheers all! The dipping of toes in oil continues... This has been a bit more of a struggle I'll admit. I've learned just how easy it is to create 'Plasticine brown' with oil paints. I didn't have a plan going into this either, just made it up as I went along. The bird is obviously from a photo...
  23. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    OK, so here are the wags and swallow... Mike
  24. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    On the subject of little owls, I spent a while with one this weekend. Other sketches of yellow wags and swallow. Mike
  25. Woody

    Mike's conservatory

    Got me thinking about where I've come from and where I'm going. From colour pencil to watercolour to acrylic... To oil? Mike
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