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nickderry · Sep 4, 2008

great things happening in paint here - and the ovenbird is moving across the paper, not familiar with ovenbirds myself, apart from the headless ones that end up in there with the potatoes, but if they're half as charismatic as your sketches show they must be a real treat to see for real.

ARTHUR BISHOP · Sep 4, 2008

Lovely work Jomo looking forward to this being taken on

timwootton · Sep 4, 2008

Great design on the sparrow painting with your trademark clean, bright colours. really looking forward to this one getting finished. Drawings are simpley beautiful. As usual.

jomo · Oct 18, 2008

Just returned from a week up on the peninsula. Things are quiet on the migration front right now (handfuls of kinglets and sparrows, and hardly a blackbird to be seen -- can you believe it?). But the loons are out in number, sometimes thirty or more visible with the naked eye from the dock as they patrol the bay. Too many loon sketches! Can you have too many loon sketches?

A few pages from this week. I won't bore you with all the loon sheets, but they're on the website if you'd like to check them out.

timwootton · Oct 18, 2008

Another superb set of drawings. I've been following your website blog too and the dive sequence is a fine piece of fieldwork all round. Love some of the photos too - looks like you aren't short of fresh air over there!
Super job.

Woody · Oct 18, 2008

Beautiful birds, beautifully sketched. The loon's lines suit your silky smooth linework perfectly so, no, I don't think there's such a thing as too many loon sketches.

Mike

buzzard12 · Oct 19, 2008

A lot to take in here since my last visit, Caspians are fantastic, as are the Loons, all really well seen and drawn. Look forward to seeing the painting develop. Special mention for the Ovenbird sketches, just brilliant stuff. Been a long time since I saw one, but you have got it all down in these drawings, wonderful...

nickderry · Oct 22, 2008

once again superb, paritcularly love the loon watercolour, superb lighting, and you can never have too many loon sketches!

spizaetos · Oct 24, 2008

There is so much exciting new work to comment that I'm not able to follow the progress!
Fabulous field work of the highest level!

Paschalis

EliS · Nov 9, 2008

Mmm, more divers (just came from Ed's thread). It's wonderful how you can make such clean and clear sketches (hopefully what I'm saying makes sense).

Elina

jomo · Nov 20, 2008

Song sparrow is finished. Now, time to move on to something more wintery -- it's snowing outside, rather heavily too!

Woody · Nov 20, 2008

I absolutely adore this painting, luscious lines, delicate form, subtle colour and understated composition. Not to mention a very pretty little bird!

Mike

timwootton · Nov 20, 2008

It's a real cracker Jo and I agree with Mike's asessment. Beautifully crisp colours and I love the attitude youv'e given the bird. Reading your final line about the weather, it now appears the sparrow has a look of resigned tolerance to the onset of the long, hard winter.
I'm looking forward to seeing pages of sketches and finished paintings on this thread to brighten my winter.

nickderry · Nov 20, 2008

this is amongst your finest, such a great simple composition and an amazing quality of light - something very special indeed.

ste · Nov 21, 2008

A nice late summer feel to this painting. very subtle light and shadow on the bird. Excellent
Steve

ARTHUR BISHOP · Nov 23, 2008

A lot of super work to catch up on here

buzzard12 · Nov 25, 2008

Already said, just to say the Song Sparrow painting is a little piece of magic and has a really delicate mood to it, very peaceful and quiet, delightful painting...

EliS · Nov 26, 2008

The smile on my face when I look at this latest painting of yours pretty much says it all. But since I cannot attach the smile, I'll just say one word with lots of emphasis: B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!

Elina

jomo · Jan 26, 2009

Off to Metz yesterday for winter birds -- shrikes, crossbills, buntings and owls. No luck on the first two, but the latter two I did find. I was lucky enough to come across a group of Snow Buntings feeding on corn just off the road, all of whom were focused enough on this opportune food source to let me sketch at my leisure (a nice change!).

I had a lot more trouble tracking down owls, but just as I headed home I came across one right at the roadside, perched atop a utility pole. I've never been quite so close to a wild Snowy -- gorgeous bird!

Finally, a recent photo of my latest work in progress. Time to start adding some colour to this one.

Woody · Jan 26, 2009

I saw the sketches on your blog and was impressed then, the snowy owl sheets are mind-blowingly good, and the opportunity to sketch the snow bunts has paid great dividends for you too.

I'm looking forward to watching progress on the pecker having just completed one myself.

Mike

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