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Mike's conservatory (4 Viewers)
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solitaryVSong
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This conversation is just gettin' plain wierd now!... :-O :eek!:
Is the bar open round at Tim's? I need a drink, then it will all become clear, or possibly fuzzy and warm... B
Mike
I have the feeling that when I finally find my Kentucky Warbler it no longer will be quite the same
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
that's like having an extra large double with a diet coke!
ChrissyM
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Reading this and I am beginning to feel hungry and thirsty.....
However Cornish pasty is on my menu and Cornwall is the only place that I have ever been lucky enough to see a sea otter .... a bit of useless information there I'm afraid! I look forward to seeing the progress on the otter painting.
Well someone had to bring it back a bit.....
However Cornish pasty is on my menu and Cornwall is the only place that I have ever been lucky enough to see a sea otter .... a bit of useless information there I'm afraid! I look forward to seeing the progress on the otter painting.
Well someone had to bring it back a bit.....
Andrew H
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There are Sea otters at Penberth Cove, Take the road before the turning for Treen (Logans Rock PH), And yer right , best Pasties are in Cornwall, Like Guiness, It never tastes good if its exported out over the county line........
Tims Bar must be open by now....knock knock.....
Tims Bar must be open by now....knock knock.....
Woody
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The otter continues on.
Since this is a commission piece I didn't want to do anything out of the ordinary so it's very much a 'safe' picture. The ultimate owners have just moved into a house called 'Otter House', it's by a river so otters surrounded by kelp etc were obviously out. Still some work to do with the rocks and the foreground grass, not to mention of course the otter's whiskers. I may then do some general tidying up and perhaps add a leaf or two to the water, maybe an insect will make an appearance, but I think I'm on the home straight at least now.
The weather on Sunday morning was utterly awful, sheeting, continuous rain and strong winds. The sketchbook didn't even come out as, by the time we'd found any birds at all we'd run out of time because Christmas cometh!
Mike
Since this is a commission piece I didn't want to do anything out of the ordinary so it's very much a 'safe' picture. The ultimate owners have just moved into a house called 'Otter House', it's by a river so otters surrounded by kelp etc were obviously out. Still some work to do with the rocks and the foreground grass, not to mention of course the otter's whiskers. I may then do some general tidying up and perhaps add a leaf or two to the water, maybe an insect will make an appearance, but I think I'm on the home straight at least now.
The weather on Sunday morning was utterly awful, sheeting, continuous rain and strong winds. The sketchbook didn't even come out as, by the time we'd found any birds at all we'd run out of time because Christmas cometh!
Mike
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solitaryVSong
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Looks great to me! Solidly composed, beautiful colors and, from my little knowledge, a very believable otter. My guess is that the new owners will be quite happy. The painting has a very appealing solidness to it.
And you're right, 'Christmas cometh'. I think my recent spate of work is now going to diminish drastically as I start to prepare for it..................
And you're right, 'Christmas cometh'. I think my recent spate of work is now going to diminish drastically as I start to prepare for it..................
mark richards
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mike !!! out-standing....work, every-time i look at your work it makes me want to paint...so off i go to the shed...mark
That's a cracking otter, Mike. I'm having a good run of spotting these at the moment, I've seen one practically every day for a month or so while out walking the dog. On Sunday I watched him catch and eat at least a dozen fish, not more than a few yards away from me (and from a very p*****-off lurcher).
T'other Mike
T'other Mike
timwootton
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Fine work Mike - and fine work Mike.
birdboybowley
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Seconded!
Woody
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I was at home yesterday and I've taken today too, all to use up leave that I'm told I can't carry over anymore. Grrr!
But it gave me the opportunity to get the otter painting finished. I completely reworked the foreground grass and added the details like the whiskers etc.
I realise that the image doesn't look all that 'wild' but the idea was to make it look like it could be at the bottom of the client's garden, so the cropped grass and the, somewhat random, rocks are forgivable I think in the context of the commission.
I'm calling it a day on this one anyway so let's hope the client likes it!...
BTW, welcome to the forum 'rmarley65', I can see why you'd make my conservatory your first port of call here! Explore the rest of BF, especially the wildlife art subforum, there's a lot to enjoy. (Where did he go!?)
Mike
But it gave me the opportunity to get the otter painting finished. I completely reworked the foreground grass and added the details like the whiskers etc.
I realise that the image doesn't look all that 'wild' but the idea was to make it look like it could be at the bottom of the client's garden, so the cropped grass and the, somewhat random, rocks are forgivable I think in the context of the commission.
I'm calling it a day on this one anyway so let's hope the client likes it!...
BTW, welcome to the forum 'rmarley65', I can see why you'd make my conservatory your first port of call here! Explore the rest of BF, especially the wildlife art subforum, there's a lot to enjoy. (Where did he go!?)
Mike
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timwootton
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That's a red-'ot otter Mike - they'll love it.
He got quickly zapped!
Woody
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Didn't he though!
It's an ambition of mine to see a wild otter, much like many others I'll bet. The closest I've come so far is otter tracks in the mud of a local river. This one is from an otter 'sanctuary' in the New Forest. The background is just invented to look, hopefully, like a back garden that backs onto a river.
Mike
It's an ambition of mine to see a wild otter, much like many others I'll bet. The closest I've come so far is otter tracks in the mud of a local river. This one is from an otter 'sanctuary' in the New Forest. The background is just invented to look, hopefully, like a back garden that backs onto a river.
Mike
ChrissyM
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It is a very dynamic painting and I very much like the use of colour. I reckon they will love it too.
I saw some otters locally in the river early one misty morning but have sometimes been tempted to think they were a figment of my imagination!
I have never seen reports of them being there or come across anyone who has seen any evidence of them in the place that I saw them!
It leads me to think that they are very secretive as a rule.
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
very fine otter piece, for such beautiful creatures, I haven't seen enough of them, just one fleeting glimpse on the Dyfi estuary, and then a more obliging one playing in the water of Aberystwyth harbour. Found out this week though that they're extinct in my region, seems odd to me as we now have naturally recolonised beavers.
