From Tim Wootton's Studio (1 Viewer)

[colleenc]

the cow is beautifully rendered, with it's light and shadows, making a lovely foil for the bird in motion...and how you captured light coming through the wing...just breathtaking.

 

[buzzard12]

the cow is beautifully rendered, with it's light and shadows, making a lovely foil for the bird in motion...and how you captured light coming through the wing...just breathtaking.

Just lovely Tim, cracking light in this..

 

[birdboybowley]

Ken and Colleen are far more eloquent than me - they've said what I wanna say so I'll just add it's stonking!

 

[sfrissell]

This work illustrates why artists and photographers are supposed to be out and about early and late in the day! Gorgeous light, masterfully caught on paper. Isn't it amazing what a bit of paint, a little water and a piece of paper can become when placed in the hands of a super-talent?

 

[Woody]

I wanted to recreate the warm end of day light which bathed the landscape as the bird drifted over the meadows and paddocks.

Success! I love that time of day in the summer, everything seems to be right with the world.

Mike

 

[Strandman]

Had really close encounters with a short-eared owl last week during youngest sprog's riding lesson down in the old country of South Ronaldsay (it's easy to forget that these birds were sighted daily when we lived down there). I wanted to recreate the warm end of day light which bathed the landscape as the bird drifted over the meadows and paddocks.
watercolour 22"x15"

you are on a bit of the roll old bean- it's perfect. Like the way you have given just the right degree of prominence to the bovine too- you know its there, but does not distract from compete with the owl.

 

[phil baber]

Perfect and raw Nature.

Very familiar with SEO and that's a beaut capture.

Your Jaegers got a thumbnail in BBC Wildlife. A whole page would've been preferable!

Ah well!

 

[nickderry]

bad me, I admired and didn't comment, the thing that endears me most to this is how it feels like the raw materials of the landscape, unfussed, earthy, rough, genuine and real.

 

[RussB]

Wow, what masterful work. The lad certainly is on a roll! As I know bugger all about painting all I will say is that these last two pieces are the work of a master-talent completely in tune with his environment. I'm now running out of things to say, it's all too good.

Russ

 

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

These are absolutely superb Tim

 

[timwootton]

Red-throated divers; I always find them a b*gger to get the jizz right . . .

 

[phil baber]

Red-throated divers; I always find them a b*gger to get the jizz right . . .

You're obviously not doing it right Tim. Get a bird-gun and a reliable Victorian taxidermist to sort it out for you. Better still "have your man procure one" while you attend lavish dinner parties, where not an ankle is shown.

I think the ones you see scrabbling about on their bellies, or lying low in the water are obviously ill! :cat:

 

[Birdspot]

Hello Tim - and thank you for your comment and for welcoming me on this forum! Your work is an absolute joy to discover - I have subscribed to your blog and look forward to seeing and reading more and more!

Best regards,
Catherine

 

[Strandman]

Red-throated divers; I always find them a b*gger to get the jizz right . . .

fantastic- I like the smoke coming out of the nostrils of the right hand one

 

[solitaryVSong]

What a wealth of styles you have, including the little known Smoking Nostril Style.

 

[jacquot]

Very nice, Tim. Now tell me, do these breed there, too? I'm starting to think that I'll have to retire in Scotland!

 

[timwootton]

They do David - Orkney is a stronghold for red throats. (Before anyone misses the point - these two illustrations are archaic ones, done by illustrators who knew their craft very well, but didn't know the bird at all; divers don't jump around like penguins, but a glance at their anatomy might lead one to suppose that they did. Once the stereotyope illustration had been made - everyone else followed suit. What's the saying 'Draw what you se - not what others have supposedly seen before you . . . . ')

 

[Andrew Ellis]

Just had a look back through the past few days of Posts, WoW!!! the Skuas are just fan b***** tastic! and the short eared Owl , Well thats the same really!

Arctics are the best arent they , only seen one dark phase down here at Wembury would love to see more.

 

[timwootton]

Been snowed under with illustration work and reports. 'Forgot' to take my reference for illustrations to the gallery, so I had to do something with my time . . .
Sedge Warbler Hunting, watercolour, 22"x15"

 

[colleenc]

what a perfectly poetic little work...like how it comes into focus gradually from let to right.