timwootton
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A resounding success - sits very comfortably alongside the exquisite waxwings painting.
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ARTHUR BISHOP
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Totally agree
solitaryVSong
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I think the color works just fine Ed! And thanks for the closeup. Whether you use drips or slabs of paint I think it's obvious that you do love painting.
Strandman
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just dropping in- much as I am jealous of thick paint painting in others, I'm sure the way forward for my doings is thin/wet with a bit of thicker on top
but I have just acquired a palette knife with a mean edge shaped like the sort of thing you might see in use on a whaling ship
so as a try out, here's a throwback to the unresolved backlit teal project
but I have just acquired a palette knife with a mean edge shaped like the sort of thing you might see in use on a whaling ship
so as a try out, here's a throwback to the unresolved backlit teal project
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timwootton
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Fab. Love to see what's happening on the surface here. I suppose the big question will be - how to bring the detail required for the bird to meld with the looseness of the knifework? Or will you go for the knifed teal, I wonder? Very exciting.
Strandman
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that's the question alright- much as I enjoy browsing through them Threlfalls with bird painted with same blockiness and knifeyness as the background I don't think I can resists fiddling about a bit with brush to shape the bird
this weekends work in progress will present the same conundrum (no birds yet) to be mudscape with roosting waders, so some decisions to be made
also a quick splooshy Shelducks doing their thing
last one seemed an apt photo for the weekend - pintail with island and fir tree in shape of big breaking wave, taken on the Sendai coast in 2005
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timwootton
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Great drawing in the shelducks piece and mudscape coming along very nicely. Just been back to the backlit teal and my feeling now is that maybe no more needed. Just that faint descriptive line of light identifying where the bird is, is enough?
Strandman
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yep- teal as posted is treated as done
solitaryVSong
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Shelducks look a bit like notes on a musical staff. I mean that as a compliment. A very nice little composition.
ARTHUR BISHOP
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some lovely work Ed.
nickderry
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fantastic little trio! The first one I scoured for a bird for ages, then found one - then read what you'd written and realised that it wasn't a bird at all! Look forward to seeing what bird does go in. The shelducks are just wonderful, a pure expression that celebrates these gaudy birds.
The pintail is a truly remarkable chance photo, very poignant with its Hokusai motif.
The pintail is a truly remarkable chance photo, very poignant with its Hokusai motif.
Strandman
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hello all
first sunny Saturday for ages and rest of family up in town: so I should be up and out..
but before shooting out the door I have had a first shot at arranging and blocking in the waders in the mudpiece- the overall mood intended to be things perking up as the tide falls, rather than anything more frenetic
not sure how much detail they will carry yet- the idea is to give them recognisable scapular patterns, highlit tramlines and what have you, so we shall see how that all goes
first sunny Saturday for ages and rest of family up in town: so I should be up and out..
but before shooting out the door I have had a first shot at arranging and blocking in the waders in the mudpiece- the overall mood intended to be things perking up as the tide falls, rather than anything more frenetic
not sure how much detail they will carry yet- the idea is to give them recognisable scapular patterns, highlit tramlines and what have you, so we shall see how that all goes
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timwootton
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Smashing - not much to add to this Ed. Bet you're tempted to pop a pecsand in among them.
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