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Harrier book illustrations..... (1 Viewer)

Keith Glasgow

Keith Glasgow

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I haven't posted here for a long time as I've been working on illustrations for a book on Hen Harriers in Northern Ireland. The author, Don Scott, has studied these birds intensively for almost 30 years in the Glens of Antrim....

http://www.whittlespublishing.com/index.php?view=product&product=167

My humble illustrations are inside the book, so I guess you'll have to buy the book to see them... anyway, it should make a fascinating read.....

Keith.
 
Aw, c'mon Keith - you can post a few here, surely :) Don't worry about copyright - it's yours - and anyway, you are publicising the book (which looks excellent, by the way).
Well done on the job - let's see a few, eh?
 
Just had a quick look at your Blog Keith, Fantastic Work brilliant detail in all of your work posted particularly like the background as well, more of the same please,
Kind regards,
Nigel
 
Well, here's a couple - just a flavour of what's in there - a variety of mediums used. The goshawk kills Hen Harriers btw.

For the rest of the illustrations, or to discover what a male Hen Harrier (subspecies nornirelandus) looks like, you'll have to buy the book!

Keith.
 

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Keith!! nice to have you back...love the last painting,very nice..also the second one with the sheet of zinc...I see this all the time when out walking , never surprises me what farmers use in fencing , I've seen old metal beds tied up ,even a set of ladders..the first painting is very similar surroundings to where we would see these birds....very nice , mark
 
Oh yes, matey!!!! These are fabulous and right up there with your very best work - which is top, top class. So much illustraton (mine) is dour and lifeless - these are as much observations of the living birds as they are colourful illuminations for the text - wonderful.
Now - what's going to be your excuse or not posting a tad more regularly, please? Especially as you have a little more time in your life (kiddies permitting, of course ;) )
Great to see these.
 
Thanks for the compliments.

That last one was the detail of a larger painting... the hill in the background is a Volcanic plug (or something similar!) called Slemish (I suppose, Slieve Mish once upon a time) - Saint Patrick tended sheep on the side of this hill.

Keith.
 

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colleenc said:
nlce to see your work, my favs are the black and white drawings, very special, and that last painting too.
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it's bound to be: the fenceline and metal sheet pic is the one that I lingered on most- typical and orginal at the same time which is a very hard thing to do
 
very special pics of a very special bird. I don't think I've ever seen a hen harrier without wanting to capture the moment on paper.
 
Hi Keith from a new forum member. Excellent work on the harriers! They are one of my favorite raptors. I still remember a fall day when I was walking in a marsh more or less hidden in the tall grass, and a hen harrier soared by my face about a foot away, startling the both of us. The book sounds excellent - congratulations.
 
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