colonelboris
Right way up again
The Puffins win it for me there. Lovely pen work on those.
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Sharpie Pen Strikes Again! (1 Viewer)
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solitaryVSong
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Have to agree with Alan. But why is that rabbit/hare staring at me?
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
Or Talbot-Kelly got some really zinging colour into his work. Fabulous.
timwootton
Well-known member
Many thanks.
A scene from last week; lunchtime walk around Outertown and down to Warebeth takes me past one of my favourite little patches of Orkney. It's a triangle of uncultivated meadow, wet and rich in ladies' smock and marsh marigold where several pairs of redshank, lapwings and this single pair of mallard breed. I watched from a distance as the duck left her nest and slinked away from the site, sliding on her belly inconspicuous and wary.
The lapwings just carried on . . .
A scene from last week; lunchtime walk around Outertown and down to Warebeth takes me past one of my favourite little patches of Orkney. It's a triangle of uncultivated meadow, wet and rich in ladies' smock and marsh marigold where several pairs of redshank, lapwings and this single pair of mallard breed. I watched from a distance as the duck left her nest and slinked away from the site, sliding on her belly inconspicuous and wary.
The lapwings just carried on . . .
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timwootton
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Ultramarine and sap green.
mattybohan
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So lively... Another great one.
buzzard12
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Surely it canna be so simple....
solitaryVSong
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I always go back and forth between preferring these and the more classic Wootton watercolors. I often tend toward the more classic style. But this time I just can't resist the 'slice of life' that this offers up. Quite an accomplishment, a pleasure to view, and I'm sure one that Eric Ennion would thoroughly appreciate!
timwootton
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Swap you results any day of the week, mate!
timwootton
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nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
this one hurts to see - so good. Make sure you put this one in for anything that has prizes. Hares and Waders have become almost a cliché now, David Bennet's done it, James McCallum's done it, even I've done it (though my mammals look more like they came from an abbatoir). But this is fresh and new, a flock of golden plover with all the elements of their environment - the wing-stretching bird commands the scene amongst its giant neighbours. You may bow while I applaud now.
(you'd think living in France, I would know how to spell 'abattoir'!)
(you'd think living in France, I would know how to spell 'abattoir'!)
solitaryVSong
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Incredibly full of life and absolutely believable. I'd be very happy with this one Tim. Actually I'd be very happy with this one on my wall! The recent work of yourself and Nick remind me of how nature/wildlife/bird art can stand up to the best art of any type.
