ARTHUR BISHOP
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totally agree and love the shrike pic.
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totally agree and love the shrike pic.
Andrew Ellis
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Wow Nick that shrike piece!!! Its got everything
phil baber
Clipped Wing
The Shrike painting is one of the best I've seen by you. I love the way the Swallowtail turns under the Shrike! The detail of the French 'scape. The colours are inspiringly happy and dancing. It is a work I am delighted by on all levels.
The sketches are amazing. The Wryneck is subtle, shady and furtive!
Magnificent!!!
The sketches are amazing. The Wryneck is subtle, shady and furtive!
Magnificent!!!
gropperwinch
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more works of brilliance here. The obvious intensity wtih which yoy were studying that funny shrike really shows through, yu've encorporated a huge amount of detail and it somehow has managed to do the impossible. Do Justice to the astute fieldwork you treated us too before!
That Wryneck is also quite a lot better now, IMHO, although I thought it was really good before anyway.
That Wryneck is also quite a lot better now, IMHO, although I thought it was really good before anyway.
timwootton
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Have been stunned into silence - awesome work, pal.
phil baber
Clipped Wing
Nick,
On opening the "Collins" tonight, the page fell open on "Iberian Grey Shrike."
Penny dropped. Your portrayal here I saw in the Collins bird.
I really do think Southern Grey had a hand in one half of this "mystery shrike.."
Here we go again! B
PS That Swallowtail! Seen them in Polska. Brought back sweet memories! :t:
On opening the "Collins" tonight, the page fell open on "Iberian Grey Shrike."
Penny dropped. Your portrayal here I saw in the Collins bird.
I really do think Southern Grey had a hand in one half of this "mystery shrike.."
Here we go again! B
PS That Swallowtail! Seen them in Polska. Brought back sweet memories! :t:
phil baber
Clipped Wing
Looked again at it.
Severe pruning of vines, forming letters? I can make words here!
The "bole" of the tree has some "gold leaf", and is a focal point. Gaudi-esque!?
Special and decorative.
This has more to it than I thought!
Yawning Lizard/Toad?
I see it all!
How did you do this, and dupe me?
Amazing!
Severe pruning of vines, forming letters? I can make words here!
The "bole" of the tree has some "gold leaf", and is a focal point. Gaudi-esque!?
Special and decorative.
This has more to it than I thought!
Yawning Lizard/Toad?
I see it all!
How did you do this, and dupe me?
Amazing!
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
We've had confirmation from France's authority on hybrid shrikes that it is a straightforward Woodchat x Red-backed (apparently - and not sure how you become an authority on such a rare event) This would make sense as Woodchat is a very rare sporadic breeder in the area and Red-backed is common. Southern Grey has never been recorded - though does look superficially like our bird. Also, Ornithos magazine has a nice article on a hybrid RB x Woodchat that was raised in France last year - I wonder if it's the same bird! It is really hard to see anything other than a grey shrike in there though - hence the bird being thought of as a lesser grey (for a few minutes).
Vines??? No, they are all words, though thinking they're vines makes them stand out less, almost as little as the little sods that were saying them deep from the cover of the barley.
Vines??? No, they are all words, though thinking they're vines makes them stand out less, almost as little as the little sods that were saying them deep from the cover of the barley.
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
Not at work till later today so I've decided we're going to make or break our little JYNX! After stubbornly repeating the same composition 4 times, I think now I want a larger and horizontal format to try and get some of the windy leaves in. AND I'm using reference material so I don't end up just 'faffing' around with green - we're going to go in, do the business and get out in time for tea.
I'll try and do a work in progress - as a reason to not mess with it while it dries!
I'll try and do a work in progress - as a reason to not mess with it while it dries!
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nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
some watercolour on - using hooker's green mixed with alizarin where I want it to recede and cadmium yellow where I want it to come forward - thanks to Colleen for pointing out this better way of looking at warm and cold colours - what a mess I used to get in mixing blue everywhere in my greens! (Let's see what a different mess we can get into here!)
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ARTHUR BISHOP
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nice to be looking over your shoulder Nick esp. as it's a miserable day here. the sea mist is in. watching the house spugs on the lupins some interesting shapes .
solitaryVSong
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Yes. It's nice to see one from start to finish, or on the way to finish I should say.......
colleenc
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agree Nick it was very close, could have been left, but still room to go further, I know you can completely trust that feeling you work from until you bring it home....if you overwork, no one will be able to tell, as you always keep a freshness in your work. If you really go over the mark , well that's a learning experience too, like calibrating a cannon.
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
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