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RussB · May 30, 2010

Thankyou as ever for your humbling comments, people. Phil, you did , indeed, see colour my man. I chucked a dark blue coloured pencil in my bag in case I chanced upoon a much desired bird - male Blue and White Flycatcher (Colleen, think Black-throated Blue Warbler but shaped as a flycatcher!) Again, I dipped on 'em, so the excercise wasn't entirely wasted. After sketching this gem, I learned of a male nearby! Talk about losing a tenner and finding a quid!

Weird selection here: Wryneck pretending to be a branch and Greenshank down one of those Chinese holes. A rapid sketch to charm our Chinese guide - in foreign lands it has to be action, not words!

To quote Darrell Clegg, Cornwall recorder and all round top lad ' god made all birds in one go, and then he made pipits and wagtails' or something like that.

In tribute, here's Forest Wag ( magical creatures - the head remains still while the body shakes!) and stonking male Citrine Wag (Prothonatary warbler-yellow, Colleen!) Such a striking bird had us scratching our heads re race, but I reckon it has to be very worn 'citreola' male. I've put this in especially for Mr. Andrews who says monochrome is unacceptable for such a bird! He's right, but you have to do what you can with the tools at hand!

More to come

Cheers, Russ

solitaryVSong · May 30, 2010

More lovely ones to add to that last bunch.

colleenc · May 31, 2010

Citrine Citrine ..... that means yellow right? wheres the yellow Russ? you can always add a bit now you know....:-O

super sketches....

Woody · May 31, 2010

The citrine wag does look like a stonking bird, you've captured what I see as the inherent 'smoothness' of waggies perfectly.

Mike

nickderry · Jun 1, 2010

what a stunning set - rather envious not only for the fantastic birds that I'd love to see, but also for the fantastic sketches of them!

RussB · Jun 1, 2010

Cheers all.
Finishing off with thrushes - this selection a of eye-broweds and a skulking Whites, although not skulking enough! Incredible ceatures; almost a cross between a thrush and a nightjar. If you love your thrushes, then Beidaihe the place to see 'em - several species (Siberian included). Not scatty, brief flight views either. If you've got the time you could sketch 'em to your heart's content!

One more lot to come.

Cheers

Russ

phil baber · Jun 2, 2010

Beautiful observational sketches!

Woody · Jun 2, 2010

Oooo yeah! The three quarter angle sketch, kind of hidden at the bottom of sheet 1 is a belter!

Mike

solitaryVSong · Jun 2, 2010

Never seen these birds and I don't know if they have any relation to our North American thrushes, but they sure do look it. They just say THRUSH.

colleenc · Jun 3, 2010

the usual high standard of your sketching....I love the look of that first page....
lets see...what color are thrushes?

RussB · Jun 4, 2010

Cheers guys,
Three more thrushes: Whites (this time!) , male and female White-throated Rock Thrush and a Dusky/Naumann's intergrade -don't ask! You could spend three weeks in late April/early May just sorting these birds out.

One more to come then it's back to local birds.

Cheers

Russ

RussB · Jun 4, 2010

Oops - here's the male WTRR.

Russ

nickderry · Jun 4, 2010

superb stuff - particularly taken by the dusky/Naumann's.

phil baber · Jun 4, 2010

Russ,

Your prolificity never ceases to amaze me!

I adore these thrushes. Untamed, remarkable, fresh captures. A treasure to behold.

Sort of re-invests faith in Wildlife Art in general! It has actually insptred me to get out and sketch more. Your work is a true inspiration to all. Love it!

Woody · Jun 5, 2010

More delicious thrushyness. The bottom half of sheet 3 is outstanding.

Mike

RussB · Jun 5, 2010

Cheers guys,
Thrushes have a certain something, and are a nice group to chase around the world, and sketch.

My last post from China: Chinese Bulbuls and male Amur Flacon.

Chinese bulbuls is not a species to usually get the pulse racing, but these two birds were available from my window when it was chucking it down, and I was starting to suffer from sketching withdrawal symptoms. Lovely shapes and loads of character, and unlike many SE asian bulbuls they are very obliging.

Male Amur falcon quickly sketched (from a distance) whilst prospecting an old maggie's nest. I stuck the eye-shine in where I thought it was just to complete it - titivating I think it's called!

I'm itching to get out and sketch my local stuff as I write.

Cheers

Russ

Ps -I'm glad I'm serving up inspiration, Phil!

rockfowl · Jun 5, 2010

Great to have a longer look at these Russ, the Rock Thrush sketches are absolutely bang on, you've caught the jizz of this bird perfectly, not easy after studying all of those relatives!

Gretchen · Jun 5, 2010

RussB said:
Chinese bulbuls is not a species to usually get the pulse racing....

But they are a great bird. Like robins perhaps overlooked because of how common they are, but they are fun to watch, and fairly social and I'm quite fond of their singing. The thrushes are great to see, but I'm glad to see the common Chinese Bulbul get it's moment to be a star! Thanks!

nickderry · Jun 5, 2010

they'd certainly get my pulse racing - your sketch shows them as very exciting and rather pretty things.

Woody · Jun 5, 2010

All way more exotic than anything I'm likely to see (although a trip to Singapore sometime in the future can't be ruled out!) But the sketches bring 'em home beautifully.

Mike

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