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[mattybohan]

Great painting and congrats on the book deal.... well deserved!

 

[Woody]

A fine timepiece with a jewelled dial. I love the colours of this, all blues and greys with just a hint of warmth, then the one glorious red hotspot!

Mike

 

[Lykos]

agree with the others...and congrats from me ,too :t:

greetings Gaby

 

[solitaryVSong]

little fiddle, just needed to take in the birds throat a little (used to painting them in the freezing cold) and buff him up a little. Done now (bad photo though)

Beautiful fiddling Nick. As Tim says every area, particularly this, could be a painting in itself.

 

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

Lovethem all Nick esp. the bitterns.
Congrats on the book too

 

[halftwo]

Lovethem all Nick esp. the bitterns.
Congrats on the book too

What he said!

 

[nickderry]

Had an excellent weekend, freezing my tits off resulted in Rough-legged Buzzard, Great Grey Shrike, Whhoper Swan and Northern Long-tailed Tit (well the last one was seen from my window so a little more comfortable) the sketches are clearly done with cold hands!

First the roughleg....

 

[nickderry]

now Captain Excubitor, with a cheeky Crossbill and a Raven.

 

[nickderry]

super Whooper - a Franche-Comté tick, that was on the pool at Pagney, sadly the wildfowlers have found that this pool is an excellent bird magnet and seem to be there every day from dawn - so most things just fly off and don't come back. I was there just in time to watch it for half an hour before all the swans flew out. The sketches are very shaky as it was only on getting out of the car that I realised I wasn't suitably dressed for the cold North-East wind.

Then we have some of the visitors to the neighbours' garden.

Now to paint some more of these up before I have to go to work this evening.

 

[Lykos]

oh I love them all...and a great compostion of the colors

greetings Gaby

 

[solitaryVSong]

oh I love them all...and a great compostion of the colors

greetings Gaby

Have to agree with Gaby: I love them all! They're all such a pleasure to see and as usual show just how exciting field sketching can be. And that second buzzard almost seems to portray the wind underneath it. You can just feel the sense of loft in it!

 

[buzzard12]

Another wonderful set of Derry's! The first Rough Leg preceded by winter vegetation is top class Nick. Spent the day looking for this species by coincidence, distant views in terrible conditions, viewing these has made up for that though...
The rest is superb too, wonderful Shrike amd Whooper Swans, really hits the spot. The Crossbill sketch is eye catching, a great little study. Fieldwork that warms the cockles on the coldest of days Nick...

 

[colleenc]

Another terrific Derry drama....simply breathtaking, and love how the BOP went direct from sketch to painting...

 

[JTMB]

Another great group of sketches, Nick! In particular, I like the Rough-legged, and of those, the one showing the underwing carpal patches nicely.

 

[timwootton]

Magical work. There's something very wholesome, almost nutritious, about looking at your work; it really gives the feel-good factor. Marvellous.

 

[nickderry]

Magical work. There's something very wholesome, almost nutritious, about looking at your work; it really gives the feel-good factor. Marvellous.

wholesome! I'll have you know I'm hiding behind the curtains with the scope trained on the feeders next door waiting for the long-tailed tit to come back. I look like a right pervert, and not in the good way! :-O

 

[timwootton]

wholesome! I'll have you know I'm hiding behind the curtains with the scope trained on the feeders next door waiting for the long-tailed tit to come back. I look like a right pervert, and not in the good way! :-O

. . . yep, that's your story - and I'm sure you'll be sticking to it . . . . .
(erm, the story, I mean) :-O

 

[username]

. . . yep, that's your story - and I'm sure you'll be sticking to it . . . . .
(erm, the story, I mean) :-O

I am shocked by your implications Tim....:eek!:....[chuckle]....!

ps...i am sure that Nick's intentions with a telescope are totally innocent...

pps...unless he's wearing a gimp mask of course....:eek!:

 

[Woody]

Heading towards another one of those conversations I see!

Inspiring sketchwork Nick, everything described with economy and confidence.

I gotta go 'sharpen my pencil'...Oops matron, there it goes again!

Mike

 

[timwootton]

Heading towards another one of those conversations I see!

Don't blame me!!! It's Derry's fault - the filthy swine . . . .