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buzzard12

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• Feb 27, 2011

• #1,141

Goldeneye males displaying from earlier in the week. Quite impossible to see the quick "head toss, and was somewhat confused by the shapes. ended up taking some photos to try and work out what was going on at home...

Also a Great Spotted Pecker from the Crested Tit outing. Peering around a tree trunk at me...

 

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timwootton

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• Feb 27, 2011

• #1,142

Oh Wow - brilliant work. The goldeneye head movement is tricky - here's where the use of photos contributes to the fieldwork. Bet you don't need them next time!

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Feb 27, 2011

• #1,143

tricky little buggers crested tits - how you manage to just draw all the parts in the right places is beyond me - top class stuff (as usual)

 

solitaryVSong

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• Feb 27, 2011

• #1,144

timwootton said:

Oh Wow - brilliant work. The goldeneye head movement is tricky - here's where the use of photos contributes to the fieldwork. Bet you don't need them next time!

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Simple and elegant, and as Nick says you know just which marks to make.

 

JTMB

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• Feb 27, 2011

• #1,145

Great job on the goldeneye display - fun to watch and tricky to draw (I would imagine - haven't tried it yet!). Also the tits are great - a species that would be fun to have around our area. As others have mentioned, the economy of your marks is amazingly efficient at conveying info.

 

ARTHUR BISHOP

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• Mar 2, 2011

• #1,146

Great sketches allan

 

Woody

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• Mar 2, 2011

• #1,147

Wonderful, absolutely bl**dy wonderful!

Mike

 

RussB

Going for Gold

• Mar 4, 2011

• #1,148

Once again, truly top drawer stuff.
What an honour it is to contribute to the art forum with the quality of work on show such as this. I'd like to think my inferior stuff all adds to a wonderfully inspiring blend. I'm itching to get sketching after looking at these!

Russ

 

halftwo

Wird Batcher

• Mar 4, 2011

• #1,149

Great sketches, Alan.

 

buzzard12

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• Mar 13, 2011

• #1,150

Mapping Pens

Ordered Mapping Pens from Mancheseter a couple of weeks ago ,which duly got lost in the post, then arrived out of the blue on Friday. Weather not good today so decided to play around with the new pens and nibs, went through some sketchbooks and decided to try the Smews first. Black Indian ink with a little RedBrown ink on the head. Also a Marsh Harrier in Flight...
Like the fluid lines these dipping pens give, was trained in their use many years ago, strange to use them again after so long. Noticed my hands are not as steady as they used to be...

These seem to be asking for a liitle colour wash..

 

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buzzard12

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• Mar 13, 2011

• #1,151

Went off to get the watercolours out to find them not in there usual spot, searched and realized I dropped them or left them behind outdoors at some stage a few months ago, "Oh ¤*@***#s!" I said...

Any how, started on this one which turned out well, though it was a lot better until I tried a wash on the head and the ink ran. Of course it it. It's water soluble indian ink...
Managed to rescue it nevertheless and added some washed out ink to the water at the end.

Terrible photo, my apologies, but you get the idea...

 

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timwootton

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• Mar 13, 2011

• #1,152

Now that's what ink was made for - cracking piece Alan!

 

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Paulo Alves

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• Mar 13, 2011

• #1,153

Alan this is a really good job with ink. Congrats!

 

buzzard12

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• Mar 14, 2011

• #1,154

Another black and white completed today, a Nuthatch in song, taken directly from a fieldsketch done last April...(14"x11")
Used a little water on the brush at the end to bleed the ink to give more form to the branches...

Enjoying using the mapping pens again, not done so in many years, attached is a photo of the two holder and some nibs....

...also took a better photo of yesterdays Black Throated Diver which shows more detail. This one is 12"x 9", also with a little brushwork added at the end...

 

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Strandman

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• Mar 14, 2011

• #1,155

buzzard12 said:

Another black and white completed today, a Nuthatch in song, taken directly from a fieldsketch done last April...(14"x11")
Used a little water on the brush at the end to bleed the ink to give more form to the branches...

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that's a super lattice of branches, with bird aligned

 

timwootton

Well-known member

• Mar 14, 2011

• #1,156

Lovely.

 

JTMB

Well-known member

• Mar 14, 2011

• #1,157

Great work on these, Alan! I liked the well-hidden Nuthatch that popped out with a closer look. Also the loon, and the harrier came out really well.

 

RussB

Going for Gold

• Mar 14, 2011

• #1,158

Superb band w's, Alan. The BTD was surely created for such treatment, and you've certainly done an honourable job this superb beastie would be proud of!

Russ

 

solitaryVSong

Well-known member

• Mar 14, 2011

• #1,159

RussB said:

Superb band w's, Alan. The BTD was surely created for such treatment, and you've certainly done an honourable job this superb beastie would be proud of!

Russ

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Really effective portrayal of water in this one Alan, esp. with such a difficult medium.

 

ARTHUR BISHOP

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• Mar 14, 2011

• #1,160

Great work Allen. nice to see you use the same map pen.