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Strandman

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• Apr 2, 2009

• #1,921

nickderry said:

very frustrating painting at the moment, I'm giving up smoking, and the studio was also the smoking room! Here are some more waxwings from over xmas.

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I must have missed these- luscious forms. If painted and exhibited in Victorian times, there would have had to be a little curtain over the chest of the bird at top left.

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Apr 2, 2009

• #1,922

ed keeble said:

I must have missed these- luscious forms. If painted and exhibited in Victorian times, there would have had to be a little curtain over the chest of the bird at top left.

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LOL, I noticed that as soon as I'd put the brushstroke in - another one to add to my bird porn folder.

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Apr 2, 2009

• #1,923

jomo said:

Stay strong, Nick!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWQgktBR6-w

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I do whatever the camp robots tell me to do!o
I'll have managed a full 6 days by 6pm today - so I'm getting there. Cravings are going away slowly, insomnia is still there.

Must remember to go birding tomorrow, for having been such a good boy I think I deserve all of the following: Crane, Bluethroat, Jack Snipe and Grey-headed Woodpecker - oh and a Wryneck - why not!

 

Woody

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• Apr 2, 2009

• #1,924

Oh Yeah, give yourself a wryneck! Then give us the sketches!

Good going on the smokes, (Or should that be, off the smokes?), keep it up.

Mike

 

timwootton

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• Apr 2, 2009

• #1,925

SIX days!!! - Oh, well done mate. Just for that I'm packing up and sending down a tystie too.
Keep at it Nick - one minute at a time.
Didn't notice the chest-wax wing though.

 

Andrew H

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• Apr 2, 2009

• #1,926

cant get my eyes off it now - The chest I mean........:eek!:

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Apr 3, 2009

• #1,927

thanks for all the support on giving up, or 'becoming smoke-free' as it is marketed now to make it sound more attractive. 6pm local time today will be the first week without a cigarette done, and I've just thrown away my nicotine lozenges because the point is to beat the addiction and not to become addicted to something else. The studio is still a scary place to sit in because I keep forgetting I'm an ex-smoker, I got through so many in there waiting for paint and glue to dry, dropping fag ash in the paint and putting the butts out in the water jar! So tomorrow, big treat, I've filled Zippy with petrol and we're going sketching. Definitely deserve some of those goodies now, and I heard today that there are at least 15 Penduline Tits just a few Km from here!!! Better get to bed, get up bright and early!

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Apr 3, 2009

• #1,928

just got back in from a long day's birding - pleased to report that I saw nothing on my shopping list! Not one thing. Did get some fantastic views of the Willow Warblers that have just come back, watched a pair of LSW's displaying, saw a few snipe, nearly lost a welly in the mud, saw a Great White Egret at Osselle (new one for my patch), very much enjoyed my Blue-headed Wagtails being back and added Lesser Redpoll to my French list. I'll post the sketches once I've had a nap - very sleepy now!

 

Woody

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• Apr 4, 2009

• #1,929

You must've been bl**dy knackered!

Mike

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Apr 5, 2009

• #1,930

well that was a very long nap, but here are some sketches of the day, painted on toilet paper quality paper - will take one and a half layers of paint before disintegrating - grr!

Willow Warblers , Siskins, Snipe, Mallards and Bullfinch

 

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nickderry

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• Apr 5, 2009

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Nuthatch, Lesser Peckers, BH Wagtail, Willow Warbler (and a siskin) Great Egret

 

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nickderry

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• Apr 5, 2009

• #1,932

more BH Wagtails and GC Grebes plus some Tree Sparrows

 

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nickderry

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• Apr 5, 2009

• #1,933

finally some rather sexy Goosanders, lazy male, floating backwards downstream, just the extremities of a female underneath him.

 

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Andrew H

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• Apr 5, 2009

• #1,934

No wonder you needed the nap......stunnin..

 

Woody

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• Apr 5, 2009

• #1,935

Good grief! I'm not surprised you needed a nap! All this stuff is pulsating with energy. Special mention for the waggies and the gcg's, outstanding!

Mike

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Apr 12, 2009

• #1,936

done a bit of painting yesterday, but not feeling very inspired at the moment. Out tomorrow to try and lay the bluethroat demon to rest, off to their breeding grounds I go!

Really don't like how the camera changes the tones like that, though the acrylic one is rather garish.

 

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nickderry

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• Apr 12, 2009

• #1,937

and just for fun, with the help of paint, we now have a flavissima

 

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Strandman

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• Apr 13, 2009

• #1,938

nickderry said:

flavissima

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bravissimo

the one with the spread tail has the lovely look of being painted on brown paper?

 

Gill Osborne

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• Apr 13, 2009

• #1,939

GORGEOUS!!!!! :t:

I haven't seen a yellow wag in three years (i'm a REALLY bad birder!!!) but I'm determined to catch up with them this year If I don't I'll just drool over these wee beauties above :king:

 

Woody

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• Apr 13, 2009

• #1,940

Ace Nick, the palette is just great. Flavissima for me all the way, but that's just cos they're local and I saw my first one of the year this weekend.

Mike