Matt's watercolors (1 Viewer)

phil baber

Clipped Wing

• Jul 20, 2011

• #381

Excellent piece Matty. Understated, yet bold enough.

 

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mattybohan

Well-known member

• Jul 20, 2011

• #382

Thanks all! We don't typically get the evening grosbeaks in my part of Michigan... they are spectacular birds. A highlight of a trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsular a few years ago was seeing Evening grosbeaks and boreal chickadees together.

 

Drellas

Well-known member

• Jul 22, 2011

• #383

I couldn't the find the German translation for this bird, but it looks beautiful O

Ulrike

 

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mattybohan

Well-known member

• Jul 30, 2011

• #384

A scarlet tanager from our backyard.

 

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phil baber

Clipped Wing

• Jul 30, 2011

• #385

Very nice illustration Matty. Both strident and subtle. Strong and light.

 

colleenc

Well-known member

• Jul 30, 2011

• #386

can hear it singing Matty

 

timwootton

Well-known member

• Jul 30, 2011

• #387

Consistently top-quality - super work.

 

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mattybohan

Well-known member

• Jul 30, 2011

• #388

Thanks all. My 9.5 yr old daughter discovered him outside the kitchen window while doing her schoolwork and yelled "scarlet tanager!" Sure enough she was right. The bird hung around the yard for a few days, but has since disappeared, probably to the woods near our house where we see them regularly. He came in close, within 15-20 feet!

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Jul 31, 2011

• #389

beautiful work again!

PS Ulrike, in German Rose-breasted Grosbeak is Rosenbrust-Kernknacker.

 

timwootton

Well-known member

• Jul 31, 2011

• #390

nickderry said:

PS Ulrike, in German Rose-breasted Grosbeak is Rosenbrust-Kernknacker.

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I think you can get a cream for that!
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JTMB

Well-known member

• Aug 5, 2011

• #391

Great work on the Scarlet Tanager! They are a species I really miss out west. I remember seeing them growing up in PA...out here we must be content with our Western Tanagers, which are definitely nice but not as dramatic as the Scarlet.

 

RussB

Going for Gold

• Aug 6, 2011

• #392

Hmmmm, just been admiring these latest pencil efforts. Very nicely done indeed with what looks like a finely honed technique.

Russ

 

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mattybohan

Well-known member

• Aug 6, 2011

• #393

A Baltimore oriole from the home made jelly feeder. Hollowing out a log with a drill press makes for some more natural feeders to draw the birds on.

 

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nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Aug 10, 2011

• #394

superb pose on this one, love it.

 

timwootton

Well-known member

• Aug 10, 2011

• #395

Beautiful - a very alive bird, great pose.

 

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mattybohan

Well-known member

• Aug 12, 2011

• #396

Thanks! You've got to like orioles.
Here is a juvenile tufted titmouse...We have a band of four that always travel together in the yard entertaining us this summer.

 

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timwootton

Well-known member

• Aug 12, 2011

• #397

Cracker! Just been looking back at a few of these drawings and enjoyng the beautifully rendered backgrounds - the bits of bark and especially the delightful twigs and foliage. Lovely!

 

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mattybohan

Well-known member

• Aug 12, 2011

• #398

Thanks Tim, I've had less time for painting lately so I was trying to move the sketches more toward "finished" drawings... or at least something that stands more on its own relative to just drawing enough outline to get it ready for the watercolors. Your sharpie studies are so great I might try to loosen up a bit with the watercolors and see what happens. I always say that, but end up working tight.

 

JTMB

Well-known member

• Aug 13, 2011

• #399

Another beauty, Matt! And another eastern species I miss seeing out here in the NW.

 

RussB

Going for Gold

• Aug 15, 2011

• #400

The Baltimore Oriole is exsquisitely done. Quite a superb piece, sir!

Russ