mark richards
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fantastic redshank, Mike...and the waters spot-on.....mark
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Mike's conservatory (2 Viewers)
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Woody
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From the weekend:
Look who's back on the scrapes and courting/breeding. I will no doubt be fed up with nothing but avocets by the time the summer's over, but for now it feels good to be getting my eye back in on these elegant (and cantankerous) beauties.
And away off again the peregrine was in its usual spot.
Mike
Look who's back on the scrapes and courting/breeding. I will no doubt be fed up with nothing but avocets by the time the summer's over, but for now it feels good to be getting my eye back in on these elegant (and cantankerous) beauties.
And away off again the peregrine was in its usual spot.
Mike
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solitaryVSong
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Hard to imagine getting fed up with Avocets or your sketches of them. They always have a great sense of life and personality and I don't think I ever tire of looking at them. It's nice to know that spring has returned and our old favorites are starting to arrive. The bulk of migration is still ahead here in eastern U.S. but it has definitely started!
birdboybowley
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Great stuff Mikey-boy! Cool sketches...gettin' my pencils ready for some sketching of something alive for a change 
Think you're right with version 2 of the owl - personally I like the placement as it is and as you say, the buds will give an added element. Get crackin!
Think you're right with version 2 of the owl - personally I like the placement as it is and as you say, the buds will give an added element. Get crackin!
RussB
Going for Gold
These Avocets are super, Mike. A species I've not yet had the pleasure and challenge of sketching. Still a bit of a rarity in these parts. Just heard there's one near me today. I might have to make a detour this weekend if it's still hanging around. Failing that It looks like Blacktoft this summer. Give me the wide-open spaces any day, though.
Russ
Russ
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
you can't get fed up of avocets, you could send a few down this way, wouldn't even be a problem that they chase everything else off the gravel pits - if they get rid of the tw*t in the 4x4 that stands fishing near the no-fishing sign and his stupidly small canine rodent too, they can have the pits to themselves. Facing out of the wind pair just need a splash of colour and you're done!
Rahul Parekh
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lovely sketches and beautiful way to render the water. love it
Cheers, Rahul
Cheers, Rahul
Woody
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timwootton
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Fabulous - this I love. The unfussy grass presents the perfect backdrop to the hare and waggy - the scale difference is cleverly used to emphasise the delicacy of the bird and that skippy-stride you've captured is spot-on. Top class.
solitaryVSong
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I've never seen a Yellow Wagtail but it surely is a distinctive gait you've portrayed. If that's indicative of the species then this is a wonderful introduction to them. It would be hard to miss it, even if by some odd chance you missed their bold colors.
It seems to me that this is the second painting you've done that is full of green. Was the other an otter? Most people I think would advise against it because it's so strong. But in both paintings it looks just right, like a realistic portrayal of natural green at its best.
colleenc
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Have investigated the green thing for myself many times...when I got down on my knees and looked close I found a lot of other colors, some dead stems, some red underleaf, some purple, yellow, even a bit of blue. So now when I do greens I look to see the whole range of colors there, not to mention the cast of the sky and colored shadows, it helps to relive the all green thing we think we see. Yours has some of these tones.
solitaryVSong
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Hope my comment didn't come off as a criticism. Instead I meant is as a compliment for using so much green and still having it look just right: spring in its full glory!
Woody
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Woody
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I had the good fortune to come across a road casualty on Sunday. A perfect red legged partridge (apart from a broken neck that is!). I've got more drawings to post later but, for now here's the wc study I did. As you can see my wc is a little rusty to say the least!
I have no idea what posessed me to paint this barnie like this, it was just to pass the time I suppose.
There's also a better scan of the hare and wagtail.
Mike
I have no idea what posessed me to paint this barnie like this, it was just to pass the time I suppose.
There's also a better scan of the hare and wagtail.
Mike
