Rahul Parekh
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beautiful work Nick. I loved the surroundings in your paintings. Keep Going |=)|
All best wishes,
Cheers, Rahul
All best wishes,
Cheers, Rahul
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nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
If only it were energy! Got up at 3:30am - appalling heat here, couldn't sleep, nearly slept in the car on the way to the forest. This flushed from side of path! yay, lifer! Mystery sketch - guess the bird (it is a bird) Off for nap now; mmm sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzz
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mark richards
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the heat! the birds!! you got it all there nick, its raining here, never mind more time for painting.. your sketches are A1 nick, is the Mystery sketch a honey nick...
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
No prizes I'm afraid - except for me, seeing as I saw the bird! It's a Hazel Grouse, I've been wanting one of these for years. After flushing something off the side of the path that was too quick but was probably a female caper, I stayed in the area hoping to find another when this thing comes crashing through the trees and over the path - this time I manage to see the tail pattern and was treated to a few calls. I was chuffed to bits, but also disappointed that I was so close to such a magnificent bird, but it wasn't going to show itself so easily - this is the only sketch I have.
Otherwise, all I sketched were the Ring Ouzels - a species that I haven't seen for over 10 years - they are in no way just montagne versions of blackbirds, flight call like a lesser whitethroat, they bugger off from every clearing as soon as you appear. I don't know if it's just the race we get here but the white wing patches were more distinctive than the white collar. Also a quick sketch of a Crested Tit in the rain.
In the pouring rain and fearful that coffee alone wouldn't be strong enough to keep me awake, I bid a hasty retreat back home - just woken up again - now to get ready for work tomorrow :-(
Otherwise, all I sketched were the Ring Ouzels - a species that I haven't seen for over 10 years - they are in no way just montagne versions of blackbirds, flight call like a lesser whitethroat, they bugger off from every clearing as soon as you appear. I don't know if it's just the race we get here but the white wing patches were more distinctive than the white collar. Also a quick sketch of a Crested Tit in the rain.
In the pouring rain and fearful that coffee alone wouldn't be strong enough to keep me awake, I bid a hasty retreat back home - just woken up again - now to get ready for work tomorrow :-(
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timwootton
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Sorry to hear of the appaling heat - same here; we've got 9 degrees today!
These are splendid and it must be some locale, too.
Sal's getting peed-off with the weather up here so - next stop, France!!!!
These are splendid and it must be some locale, too.
Sal's getting peed-off with the weather up here so - next stop, France!!!!
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
colonelboris
Right way up again
Nice work as ever, Nick. It's a flowing style that I can never manage.
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
After all the sketching I've done this month, I've finally got time to sit down and go through it all and do some paintings. Trouble is, I can't be bothered to! Dammit! I'm lacking a little in inspiration at the moment. Yesterday I managed to play a little with the hazel grouse and monoprinting, and then started a watercolour of a ring ouzel, and completed it with acrylic added over the top.
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ARTHUR BISHOP
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love the ouzel Nick
Rahul Parekh
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lovely work Nick 
All best wishes,
Cheers, Rahul
All best wishes,
Cheers, Rahul
timwootton
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Can't believe I haven't commented on these before - ah well, senility and all that.
Suffice to say the hazel hen will be an image that will stick in your mind for a long time to come (just the first of many, one hopes) and I get the impression from these two comps that there's a long way a man of your laterality could take this idea - super start and one which is begging for a revisit or two.
This ring ouzel pic, on the other hand, says all that anyone would want to say in a painting - light percolates through the scene, almost sub-tropical in essence. The bird is deftly handled - those criss-cross hatches of plumage replicate the silver-edged feathers perfectly.
Class!
Suffice to say the hazel hen will be an image that will stick in your mind for a long time to come (just the first of many, one hopes) and I get the impression from these two comps that there's a long way a man of your laterality could take this idea - super start and one which is begging for a revisit or two.
This ring ouzel pic, on the other hand, says all that anyone would want to say in a painting - light percolates through the scene, almost sub-tropical in essence. The bird is deftly handled - those criss-cross hatches of plumage replicate the silver-edged feathers perfectly.
Class!
Woody
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Getting across the explosive feel of the hazel grouse moment that's for sure!
I checked out the David Shepherd Wildlife artist ex yesterday, good to see a couple of Derry originals there. The wallcreep is a fine piece of work, very oriental feeling, fabulous brushwork and an understated palette with that dash of red against the vista. But, for me, the ravens are the stand out piece, I love the colour and the feeling of space in it and the birds fitting perfectly into the landscape. Super work Nick.
Mike
I checked out the David Shepherd Wildlife artist ex yesterday, good to see a couple of Derry originals there. The wallcreep is a fine piece of work, very oriental feeling, fabulous brushwork and an understated palette with that dash of red against the vista. But, for me, the ravens are the stand out piece, I love the colour and the feeling of space in it and the birds fitting perfectly into the landscape. Super work Nick.
Mike
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
Glad you enjoyed it Mike, I wish I could have popped over myself, it's such a hassle living here at times!
Lots of things been happening here, missed out on two days painting with hangovers and people coming to fit new double glazing but still got some odds and sods done - the scale issue has been resolved with the waders and sand martins piece from a fortnight ago. I decided I had to do something about the ruff-sized wood sands and so knocked them back a little. Next we have the stilts in collage, originally I was going to use paint on it aswell, but it just came together and so I didn't. Now I've got this family of stonechats being watched by a shrike on the go, I really want to get in some abstractions so I'll probably slap on a bit of wax and acrylic to scrape, and put some collage in there. I really should work out what I'm doing first, then do it!
Lots of things been happening here, missed out on two days painting with hangovers and people coming to fit new double glazing but still got some odds and sods done - the scale issue has been resolved with the waders and sand martins piece from a fortnight ago. I decided I had to do something about the ruff-sized wood sands and so knocked them back a little. Next we have the stilts in collage, originally I was going to use paint on it aswell, but it just came together and so I didn't. Now I've got this family of stonechats being watched by a shrike on the go, I really want to get in some abstractions so I'll probably slap on a bit of wax and acrylic to scrape, and put some collage in there. I really should work out what I'm doing first, then do it!
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nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
I had a wonderful day out on Sunday with other LPO members. We did Osselle in the morning and then went up to a dry meadow for butterflies in the afternoon.
I was very upset to see that a lot of the meadow around Osselle had already been cut, the wagtails hadn't finished nesting as a few adults were still carrying food. The little ringed plovers look to have given up trying aswell, none were seen, just a couple of topless heifers bathing in the area with no access where the plovers' last attempt was foiled by heavy machinery. The only good news was the bee eaters are still there, even after the bank they've chosen was used by a quad biker for some thrills. I've written a letter to the town hall to ask what will happen here, hope I get a reply before I have to start sending one a day.
Anyway, a pair of shoverlers was new, as was a whinchat, and there was a different melodious warbler
I was very upset to see that a lot of the meadow around Osselle had already been cut, the wagtails hadn't finished nesting as a few adults were still carrying food. The little ringed plovers look to have given up trying aswell, none were seen, just a couple of topless heifers bathing in the area with no access where the plovers' last attempt was foiled by heavy machinery. The only good news was the bee eaters are still there, even after the bank they've chosen was used by a quad biker for some thrills. I've written a letter to the town hall to ask what will happen here, hope I get a reply before I have to start sending one a day.
Anyway, a pair of shoverlers was new, as was a whinchat, and there was a different melodious warbler
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