[mattybohan]

Fantastic.

[RuislipMG]

Tim Bloody Brilliant
i think you should run a course so i can come and learn to paint and draw properly

the roller is great and love the shortie

[Andrew H]

Ditto the above, If your going to do Courses, Can you make it coincide with my 50th...? That would be a right Present for this old man...!!!!!!!!

[timwootton]

I ran two, 2 hour courses for the RSPB members a few weeks ago (free of charge) - 12 places on each. Had 6 for the first and 2 for the second . . . :) . . .

Still seeking that elusive level of 'how much is enough' . . . Black-headed gulls on the fly;

[Andrew H]

I ran two, 2 hour courses for the RSPB members a few weeks ago (free of charge) - 12 places on each. Had 6 for the first and 2 for the second

darn it......It would have been a good present for this ole fella...!!!

[RussB]

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 becoming interested in bird art. Everything hits home; it's stunning!

Moving along, the Roller is a superb example of how a field study should be: informative, spontaneous and bang on the button - fabulous.

Latest BHG's are, like, wow! How've you captured those shapes in flight? Camera? Didn't think so! The influence from the legendary Dr. E is clear to see here.

Russ

[timwootton]

Ta.
No camera involved here, Russ - just playing with shapes on paper over a period of days and this came out of the sessions.

Back to pure watercolour for this one - working towards the Slimbridge exhibition next month (eeeek).
Female Blackcap - 22"x17"

[spizaetos]

Awesome!!!!!

[buzzard12]

Originally Posted by timwootton

Ta.
No camera involved here, Russ - just playing with shapes on paper over a period of days and this came out of the sessions.

Back to pure watercolour for this one - working towards the Slimbridge exhibition next month (eeeek).
Female Blackcap - 22"x17"

Winner. Just look at that..

[Bigshent]

The gull heading for the dragonfly is just sublime Now the Blackcap in typical surroundings is just frustration for a novice like me its something Id love to paint and never will

[mattybohan]

wonderful work as always.

[solitaryVSong]

Originally Posted by buzzard12

Winner. Just look at that..

Really quite amazing. Nothing wrong with pure watercolor -- and probably the understatement of the year. This reminds me of another recent one you did with complicated foliage. For some reason this one seems more natural and flowing to me. In fact it's hard to imagine improving on something like this! It's complicated but direct and fresh at the same time.

[Andrew H]

Interesting to see a well known Artist magazine, is publishing a four page spread on a Famous Artist who happens to reside on these very pages....!!!!!
A good read, and an inspiration to me..!

[mayoayo]

Instant Favorite!

[timwootton]

When the migrants let me down, it's always nice to be able to rely on some old favourites. This female eider was with two youngsters on the beach at Point of Ness, Stromness yesterday.
Watercolour 27"x22"

[username]

You're Eiders never cease to impress....you always capture them superbly..

ps...those BHgulls are bloody marvelous too.....!

pps...art marquee at rutty birdfair a tad 'damp' today....

All the best....

http://username-beast.blogspot.co.uk/

[oivind egeland]

Lovely work! So many different blues, browns and greens - and all of them seem to be in just the right place.

[Bigshent]

Lets hope the winds dont change so no passerines turn up there and we will be treated to more outstanding Eider pics

[buzzard12]

Originally Posted by Bigshent

Lets hope the winds dont change so no passerines turn up there and we will be treated to more outstanding Eider pics

Thats just cruel...!!

Personally I'd love to see you get a few good migrants to paint...

Sibe Rubythroat or American Redstart would benifit us all after the Wooton treatment...

I'm sure Tim will agree with me on this point....

[timwootton]

Originally Posted by Bigshent

Lets hope the winds dont change so no passerines turn up there and we will be treated to more outstanding Eider pics

Sorry - a few perchy-things did turn up when I was on Copinsay; this lesser-throat wouldn't let any of the handful of williewarblers settle on its patch - a rendering ensued.
"Sting In The Tale; Lesser Whitethroat and Willow Warblers" - watercolour and conte, 32"x22"

(ps - just started another painting . . . . EIDERS!!!!!)

[Bigshent]

Full of life I just love the poses on the warblers and what a great mini habitat you rendered

[buzzard12]

Originally Posted by timwootton

Sorry - a few perchy-things did turn up when I was on Copinsay; this lesser-throat wouldn't let any of the handful of williewarblers settle on its patch - a rendering ensued.
"Sting In The Tale; Lesser Whitethroat and Willow Warblers" - watercolour and conte, 32"x22"

(ps - just started another painting . . . . EIDERS!!!!!)

As mentioned on FB, fantastic piece Tim...

Latest watercolours are fantastic, what a wonderful piece of behavioral observation this is...

[ed keeble]

been very intriguing watching Tim flip between

- the classic watercolours where the bird emerges from the background and you don't need to be able to tell where one stops and the other starts

- the recent works where birds are worked out and outlined like the B-h Gulls just upthread, where the background is also more sampled and defined

I haven't fully thought through how this all is, but can see that the former style suits resting birds and atmosphere where all is seen as one- the latter suits action, story telling, so is actually depicting a very different thing

[timwootton]

Originally Posted by ed keeble

. . . the former style suits resting birds and atmosphere where all is seen as one- the latter suits action, story telling, so is actually depicting a very different thing

. . . very perceptive, as usual, Ed. These latter conte and watercolour pieces are stylistically derived from the Sharpies (where I would 'allow' myself the indulgence of characterisation and pattern). I replaced the harsh graphic outline of the pen with a softer (physically and visually) drawing medium - the conte pastel. The drawn lines are the bones on which the colour is draped and, occasionally combined with. The 'pure' watercolours still stand for what they are, but also lend much to these new pieces.
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[RussB]

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

Russ