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timwootton
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It's terrific and that little bit of extra work has indeed improved an already excellent piece. Now sir - please can you raise your hands and move away from the painting . . . .
Quite agree Tim..that little bit of extra work has been a real success...
An excellent portrayal of a delightful species....:t:
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colonelboris
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Nicely done. Now step away from the painting, Sir.
*readies taser*
*readies taser*
Strandman
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we're gonna be cool
back from my nearly annual nip off to E Europe, with as usual a shockingly unpopulated sketchbook
but I did remember to take paper with me and managed to to apply myself to some Red-footed Falcons: sketches and crayon drawing executed on the spot and then in 3rd attch. stage 1 of a canvas is wetted in, now I am home
I can see that the falcon's head will need to be flipped to look back into the chosen branches
but puzzled as to what I do next with a windswept branchy and leafy bits of the poplar- whether to try and simplify into zones and colours (possibly beyond me), or just dab away until the complexities of leaf and branch emerge
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timwootton
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In the words of Peters and Lee - Welcome Home. Smashing drawings and I'd be tempted to hang the whole canvas on the strength of the sketch 2nd down on the right. Just turn his head to peer at the viewer, keep him in that top lefty bit and Robert is certainly yer Ma's Bro.
solitaryVSong
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I often find that I'm not all that convinced about planned changes that you mention. So it comes as a great surprise to find that I completely agree with flipping the falcon's head.
As far as the branchy and leafy bits you always seem to find a way, so I'll just count on that happening again. Not that I could begin to offer advice on those bits which are one of my nemeses.
Strandman
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solitaryVSong
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Looks good Ed. There's a bit of surprise in the pose now. Mike said what I meant far better than I when he mentioned the dangers of overthinking.
Speaking of thinking though I have been thinking about passerines in their normal environment. Most of the time they're alone and often they're framed in a tangle of limbs and leaves. To me this is the hardest composition to do. Unless you stick to a portrait with a vague background you pretty much have to contend with one bird and a bunch of leaves and limbs.
I can never convince myself to delineate each leaf, and probably wouldn't be happy even if I did since that's not how you see the scene in real life. But anything less than that and I always wonder how convincing I've made it. You always seem quite successful with a sort of abstracted version of the leaves and branches.
Not to say that there aren't some people on this forum who blow through these problems as though they don't exist and come up with marvelous paintings along the way.
ospreyscotbird
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Now I thought the 1st page bottom sketch over the wing pose would be where I would have gone but I love the I've got my eye on something over there pose, its wonderful. Really looking forward to seeing this develope.
Strandman
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timwootton
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. . . where's that 'like' button when you need it??
solitaryVSong
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I think this may explain many a judging................ I think I might have guessed it was yours if I by chance had been one of the judges Ed.
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