[ARTHUR BISHOP]

wind blown spoonbill Cley Marshes

[JTMB]

I really like how the woodcock painting came out, Arthur! Your painting really does a great job of depicting not only the bird, but also a very typical habit in the background. Well done!

[timwootton]

Very smart spoonbills Arthur - some beautiful drawings here. Especially taken by the woodcock - great design which really brings the atmosphere flooding out.

[Lykos]

[nickderry]

ooh - spoonbills - surely long overdue in my sketchbook, I'd kill to have shapes like the ones you've drawn!

[solitaryVSong]

Wonderful sketches Arthur. Make me want to run out and find a blind to sit in for a bit and see what appears.

[tbbilbo]

Keep up the great work, Arthur!

[colonelboris]

Nice work on the spoonbill sketches.

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

Thankyou all, had all the grandchildren here for two weeks .Prob. take till summer to recover.must get sketching.
Ken the Spoonbills were done sitting on the landrovers bonnet on Cley beach road. i detest sitting in hides .I like 360 degrees allround vision.

[Alison Hipkin]

HI Arthur, you have a real talent! You shoul make them into cards and frame them, you could make them into info post cards, if you would like an example of what I mean I will make one for you. You should be able to sell these quite well, maybe ask your local rspb or wildlife trust!

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

Hi Alison and thankyou. I have thought a lot about dif. ways of selling my pic's.
But the only way I can answer you , is that I retired a few years ago to enjoy my hobby of birdwatching and trying to sketch and paint which gives me great pleasure with no commitment and the freedom to live my life in a great part of the country.
One day maybe ?

[solitaryVSong]

Originally Posted by ARTHUR BISHOP

Thankyou all, had all the grandchildren here for two weeks .Prob. take till summer to recover.must get sketching.
Ken the Spoonbills were done sitting on the landrovers bonnet on Cley beach road. i detest sitting in hides .I like 360 degrees allround vision.

Can't blame you for preferring 360 degrees Arthur. I rarely find myself in a situation where I can sketch from the car. Maybe soon though....

[Woody]

Love the spoonies Arthur, I know from experience what a tricky bird it is to nail properly.

Mike

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

sketch of a garden visitor passing through (Black Redstart)
been busy must catch up on the other threads

[Bigshent]

Thats some detail thrown in there Arthur Black Redy in your garden your just a show off

[nickderry]

I've got plenty of black redstarts in my garden! ;-) This looks like it's going to be another super piece of work.

[timwootton]

Originally Posted by nickderry

I've got plenty of black redstarts in my garden! ;-) This looks like it's going to be another super piece of work.

. . . and I've only ever had the one! Just have to make do with black guillemots. Ah well . . . .
Smart start to the start pic, Arthur - just going to be a gem, I can see already. Good to see you getting back in the groove!

[Woody]

Well I've never had any in my pathetic little patch :( I've got sparrows if that's any good?

Looking like another winner there Arthur, good to see you 'waking up' after a long winter, like me!

Mike

[buzzard12]

Hi Arthur, welcome back! Love the wing affected Spoonbill, been far too long since I've seen one of these. Just as I remember them too....

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

thankyou all
still trying to get going Woody
a bit done on the Start

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

A bit more

[solitaryVSong]

Looking good Arthur.

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

Thanks Ken
background done, now for the bird

[oivind egeland]

How very delicate! And the fact that you can allready see that the bird is a Black Redstart says a lot about your drawing skills. Beautiful work!

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

was sidetracked done now