caught up at last Ed. lost on 3D but a cracking smew
It is, as Nick points out, all but complete. And very gorgeous indeed - exquisite.
exactly as they should be - and often how I see them! Understated, simple and true.
I need one more shot at a Smew painting to get them fully out of my system before spring is jangling away and can no longer be ignored
Absolutely!! - Beauty.enough with the Smew for this winter- I've got some of what I was after in this
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Absolutely!! - Beauty.
seems more of week to admire the work of others on the forum
but the little splash of water I check every morning on the way to work has produced the hoped-for Garganey: here's a very quick whap at it, just to chalk up the whitestripe
still not right, tho: you should have to look harder to make him out
hello all
I've got slightly bogged down with one more shot at getting this drake Garganey out of my system, before new spring excitements wing their way
I played around with some head angles, but actually most of the time I was watching him, he seemed bang side-on: so I decided to paint him that way and not try to be clever
plus some struggles to report with the detail- it all got a bit neat and finicky with the bird standing out to much from the background, so this morning since I was up early (dogs howling at 6) I silenced them by fuzzing out some detail whilst listening to the Chinese Grand Prix at full volume
still not right, tho: you should have to look harder to make him out