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ARTHUR BISHOP

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• Feb 21, 2010

• #1,041

Spixworth at its best

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Feb 23, 2010

• #1,042

Superb all round - but hats off to the corn bunting - I recognised it as one straight away - no mean feat to have it so identifiable at such an angle, and its little block of habitat is very interesting - I think this one deserves some sort of paint treatment

 

buzzard12

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• Feb 24, 2010

• #1,043

Lapwings are stonking too, lovely Mike.

The Barnie already a winner, lot of work left all the same, look forward to seeing it develop. The Owl already looks light as a feather....

 

ChrissyM

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• Feb 24, 2010

• #1,044

These are lovely Woody and an almost springlike background, it is quite uplifting I am getting quite tired of the winter landscape. I do love owls...sadly I never seem to see them much, only at night. Not got my eye tuned in, I suppose

 

Woody

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• Feb 28, 2010

• #1,045

What a miserable day! It's been raining since 11 o'clock last night and there's no sign of any let up yet...

Elmley very quiet and we didn't dare get out of the car for fear of drowning. The fields are flooded and the waters are pouring onto the roads in waterfalls.

Mike

 

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Woody

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• Feb 28, 2010

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So by way of a diversion I finished off a quickie to remind me of the sun. David Hockney I salute you!

Mike

 

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nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Feb 28, 2010

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Mike - this appeals to me so much - what a sun-drenched piece, can't remember how to say 'rayonnant' in English, but it's sort of 'sunbeaming at me'.

edit- so sunny you see, I forgot to mention the rain before it!

 

timwootton

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• Feb 28, 2010

• #1,048

Im really doing something else at the moment but I just have to stop and applaud this painting - it's an absolute fizzer!!!!!

 

solitaryVSong

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• Feb 28, 2010

• #1,049

Quite a diversion! I think sometimes they make the best paintings. Anyway a really beautiful, vibrant, bold painting (Americanese for fizzer and rayonnant)!

 

Woody

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• Feb 28, 2010

• #1,050

Thanks guys.

MIke

 

Andrew H

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• Feb 28, 2010

• #1,051

if any colour needed to be added to the landscape sketch, it would have been shades of Grey.......add in the rain and wind for effect....
Mike, the gull is great, love the pattens on the water as reflections...

 

Woody

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• Mar 15, 2010

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A quick trip to Oare by way of a change provided some nice snipe on Sunday and it seemed everything else was trying to get into the spring mood despite the nose-runningly cold wind! This included some x-rated behavior from a pair of coots; coot foreplay seems to consist of the male sneaking up behind the female and jumping her as quickly as possible before she has a chance to complain! Short and to the point. The little grebes are busy building a nest close to the road and 5 pochard males were gathering around a single lucky (unlucky?) female. Nothing much unusual to see apart from the distant grey seals out on Horse sands and it was nice to spot a buzzard perched on a fencepost by the motorway on the way home.

Mike

 

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colleenc

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• Mar 15, 2010

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the snipe are marvelous, could pop them in a book for illustration without touching them.

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Mar 15, 2010

• #1,054

love the snipe, they're almost engraved into the paper, just like they seem engraved into their surroundings so often. The buntings look cold! Great shapes on them.

 

ARTHUR BISHOP

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• Mar 15, 2010

• #1,055

Love the snipey snipes and puffed up reedies Mike

 

solitaryVSong

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• Mar 15, 2010

• #1,056

Have to agree with everyone that the snipe look particularly good. I like the fact that the top one is just a loose sketch too. It's a nice combination with the 'engraved' ones that Nick notes. Now if only my snipe, assuming I see any soon, look 1/10 that good.

 

timwootton

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• Mar 15, 2010

• #1,057

Super snipes (as usual) and beautiful bunts; great huddled, fluffed-out shapes - great to see you getting back out there after the winter hibers.

 

Andrew H

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• Mar 17, 2010

• #1,058

Belated Birthday Wishes ole fella.......
If your having a party, Just keep the noise down at your end of the street, us old timers are trying to have an early night to sleep over here

Have a B on me (or two), with any luck, Ill see you on the weekend ....8-P

 

timwootton

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• Mar 18, 2010

• #1,059

Has your birthday come and gone - again???? Are you Royalty - do you have two or three birthdays a year?
Happy, happy Birthday, anyway!!
Hope you managed the cake ok.

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Mar 18, 2010

• #1,060

how do these birthdays slip by like that? Well, I hope you had a good'un, and I suppose you'll have to raise a birthday glass again now!