timwootton
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Beautiful work Dave - superb stuff. Really lovely touch and just the perfect use of colour to lift the images from the page- wonderful!
Oh, yeah - the sunburnt arm and ears!!! - I get that all the time . . . er, not
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Oh, yeah - the sunburnt arm and ears!!! - I get that all the time . . . er, not
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
The sandplover is a beauty, and the attitudes of the whimbrel are spot on. I don't know why but whimbrel always remind me of a 'sack of sickles' (if that makes no sense, just enjoy the alliteration!) which is the feeling I get from this sketch. Definitely worth a bit of sunburn, maybe you could do a sketch of the sun so that us here in Europe will be able to recognise it if it's ever relocated!
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Dave B
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A sketch of sun-soaked sickle-sacks ... I should have said!
Dave B
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Took your orders Jomo! Tried a new locality and found more birds, but much more distant. Quite a challenge to paint birds that are shimmering in the heat haze!
Oh, and I remembered the Factor 30! Still feel as if I have a temperature of 104 now though, and my face is the delicate hue of cooked lobster.
Dave
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timwootton
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Thoroughly excellent studies - the heat haze (what's that?) has, if anything, added to the sense of place for the drawings. The first lesser plover is just superb - as I'd imagine one to be.
spizaetos
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Just beautiful Dave!
There is everything to see, atmosphere, movement, correct shapes,
and all these using a very limited palette!
More please!!
I had also the chance today to visit a "Wild" Park, close to Munich, where
although initially I was planning to sketch only Bears, at least there were
only Raptors to see in my sketchbook.
Here are the results...
Spizaetos
There is everything to see, atmosphere, movement, correct shapes,
and all these using a very limited palette!
More please!!
I had also the chance today to visit a "Wild" Park, close to Munich, where
although initially I was planning to sketch only Bears, at least there were
only Raptors to see in my sketchbook.
Here are the results...
Spizaetos
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timwootton
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Awesome work Paschalis - utterly superb. Amazingly lifelike drawings - what happened to the bears?
Dave B
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ARTHUR BISHOP
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The standard of Work on this thread just keeps rising . I've been
away a couple of weeks and its gone up another notch.
away a couple of weeks and its gone up another notch.
Dave B
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Hi Wendy
Yes, I don't complain too much, except when the sun gets too hot and there's no rain! Today it's nice and cloudy and we've just had a bit of rain to clear the air - ah - love this weather - it always reminds me of dear ol' Blighty! You're welcome to pop in anytime! Things should start to get interesting from now as migrants build up. Yippee!
Dave
matt green
Norfolkman gone walkabout
I love these Kites, Spizaetos
Would dearly love to see one in my part of the world.
Matt
deborah4
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Seconded! Superb
Dave B
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Had another go at a Lesser Sand Plover today. This is a sketch with watercolour added, scanned into the computer and then finished off with the pen and tablet.
Also, after looking at the kiingfisher for a few days and feeling it was a bit flat, I tried adding a few more highlights around the head and body.
Think I'm gradually getting the hang of the pen and tablet and enjoy the freedom it gives, as it's well nigh impossible to 'spoil' a picture, and I can tinker away to my heart's content without fear of 'overcooking' it.
Of course I realize the purists will mutter 'But is it art?' , but I don't mind - it's fun!
Also, after looking at the kiingfisher for a few days and feeling it was a bit flat, I tried adding a few more highlights around the head and body.
Think I'm gradually getting the hang of the pen and tablet and enjoy the freedom it gives, as it's well nigh impossible to 'spoil' a picture, and I can tinker away to my heart's content without fear of 'overcooking' it.
Of course I realize the purists will mutter 'But is it art?' , but I don't mind - it's fun!
