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Red Kite for someone special :)
I have just realized that I don't usually post my art here... so I am posting this because I am quite proud of this quick artwork of mine. If you have read some of my previous posts, you may have noticed that I really like red kites. They have always been special birds to me, as they were the...- MohoNobilis
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- art artwork bird art bird of prey red kite watercolor watercolour
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- Forum: Wildlife Art
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Blue Jay with Pecans Watercolor
- tbbilbo
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- 16"x20" blue jay pecans watercolor
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- Forum: Wildlife Art
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Hypothetical Paradise-Sunbirds
The Paradise-Sunbirds is a group of 6 large sunbirds species with a very restricted distribution in mountainous areas of Eastern Africa. They inhabit only in cloud forests and adjacent grasslands and thickets. 1 - Emerald Paradise-Sunbird, Ruwenzori, Uganda & DRC - 1700-2500 m / 2 -...- ririhugs
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- art sunbirds watercolor
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- Category: Art & Graphics
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Cedar waxwing , watercolor
A visit to Ice caves and photographed this in bird in picnic area. Was good reference to paint in water color- rameshjayaraj
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- art bird watercolor
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Orange-breasted Sunbird
A drawing from an original scene, in the Swartberg Natural Reserve in South Africa, where I was lucky enough to observe one of the most stunning sunbirds of the country. The protea bushes with their vivid flowers were among the most widespread plant groups of this reserve.- ririhugs
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- sunbird watercolor
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Golden-shouldered Parakeet
An old painting of one of the most endangered Australian psittacidae. The stunning Golden-shouldered Parakeet displays a striking sexual dimorphism (male top / female bottom). This species lives mostly in Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, in open forests and grasslands, close to termite mounds...- ririhugs
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- australia endangered parakeet parrots psephotus chrysopterygius watercolor
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Hypothetical passerines of New Guinea
Long-crested Manucoda, 22 cm, Huon Peninsula, montane forests / Double-horned Bowerbird, 18 cm, South-east New Guinea, lowland and hill rainforests / King wattled Honey-eater, 20 cm, Bird's Head Peninsula, cloud forests / Helmeted Bowerbird, 15 cm, Central Highlands, upper cloud forests /...- ririhugs
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- art birds-of-paradise bowerbirds watercolor
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Hypothetical monarch-flycatchers
Verdant paradise-flycatcher - M 25 cm, F 16 cm - Sulawesi, lowland and hill forests / Double-crested flycatcher - 20 cm - Palawan, Philippines, lowland forests / Bumblebee flycatcher - 10 cm - South Island, New-Zealand, dense lowland forests and thickets / Long-tailed flycatcher - 27 cm - Java...- ririhugs
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- flycatcher monarch-flycatcher watercolor
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Hypothetical honeyeaters
Imperial Honeyeater, 22 cm - Solomon Island, lowland forests / Ruby-throated Honeyeater, 13 cm - Lord Howe Island, Australia, woodlands and thickets / Bare-faced Myzomela, 10 cm - Southern New-Guinea, lowland forests and woodlands / Giant blue Honeyeater, 30 cm - New Caledonia, lowland forests /...- ririhugs
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- art honeyeater watercolor
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Hypothetical passerines of Indoburma
1 - Golden-browed Robin (NW Thailand, Eastern Central Burma - Hills/Montane forests and thickets), 2 - Orange-breasted Warbler (Central Burma, N Thailand, Laos, N Vietnam - Montane forests, woodlands and thickets), 3 - Slaty Silver-eye (N Burma - Montane forests/bamboo stands), 4 -...- ririhugs
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Hypothetical birds in situ - Part 1
Lorentz Thrush (Papuaturda lorentzi). 19 cm. Eastern Papua, Indonesia. Upper cloud forests and alpine grasslands. 2900-3700 m / Caucasus Jay (Garrulus georgica). 25 cm. Caucasus montane range. Pine and mixed forests, rocky outcrops. 1400-2700 m / Bumblebee Monarch (Apioides minima). 13 cm...- ririhugs
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Hypothetical birds of paradise and bowerbirds
Crescent Bird-of-Paradise (Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia - Montane forests 1800-2500 m), Horned Bird-of-Paradise (Southern Papua-New-Guinea - Lowlands and hills rainforests 0-1200 m), Tuft-flanked Bird-of-Paradise (Central Highlands, Papua-New-Guinea - Cloud forests and alpine thickets...- ririhugs
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- art birds-of-paradise bowerbirds watercolor
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Hypothetical psittacidae
Purple-crested Cockatoo (Aru Islands, Indonesia - Lowland rainforests), Golden-faced Cockatoo (Southern Papua-New-Guinea - Lowland rainforests), Spectacled Macaw (Venezuela and Guyanas - Lowland and hill rainforests), Amboseli Parakeet (Central Kenya and Northern Tanzania - Upland savannas and...- ririhugs
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- cockatoo parakeet parrots watercolor
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Hypothetical Birds part II
Tibetan Avocet (Tibet and Xinjiang, winter migrator in southern India / Mountains lakes, estuaries and ponds in winter) - Aru Rail (Aru Islands / Wooded streams and mangroves) - Hump-billed Rail (Fiji Islands / Forests, marshes, grasslands. Predators on reptiles and small amphibians) -...- ririhugs
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- artwork watercolor
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Bald Parrot
The Bald Parrot (Pyrilia aurantiocephala) is a newly discovered parrot species in Brazil, in 2002. Given that there is no current illustration of this bird on wikipedia I decided to paint this one.- ririhugs
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- new species parrot psittacidae pyrilia pyrilia aurantiocephala watercolor
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Summer Tanagers
I just finished this original watercolor for a friend. I hope she likes it. It features male and female summer tanagers perched in a red oak tree. I hope you enjoy it, too.- tbbilbo
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- summer tanager watercolor
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American Goldfinch
Here's an original watercolor of an American Goldfinch perched among tiger lilies. I hope you enjoy it.- tbbilbo
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- american goldfinch tiger lilies watercolor
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Wild Turkeys
I love wild turkeys and here's my attempt at capturing their beauty in watercolor. Hope you enjoy it.- tbbilbo
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- watercolor wild turkey
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Wild Irises
Here's a large watercolor I did last year of Wild Irises, also called "Blue Flags". Hope you enjoy it.- tbbilbo
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- watercolor wild iris
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Brown Pelican
Maybe it's because I'm from Louisiana, but I love the Brown Pelican. This watercolor measures 16" x 20". I hope you enjoy it.- tbbilbo
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- brown pelican watercolor
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Eastern Collared Lizards
Here's something a little different. The male and female eastern collared lizards pose next to a prickly pear blossom. This original watercolor measures 18" x 24". Enjoy.- tbbilbo
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- collared eastern lizard reptile watercolor
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Nashville Warbler on Bean Trellis - February, 2013
9x12 inch watercolor. Based on photos of an errant, very errant, Nashville Warbler that appeared in our backyard in Philadelphia, PA about 10 days ago. He's since been back a couple of times.- solitaryVSong
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- nashville warbler philadelphia watercolor
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Great Blue Heron
The majestic "Great Blue Heron" is one of my favorite subjects. I hope this watercolor does justice to such a beautiful bird. This painting measures 18" x 24". For more info visit tombosewatercolors.blogspot.com .- tbbilbo
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- great blue heron watercolor
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Killdeer, Great Blue Heron, Snow at Manayunk Canal
9x12 watercolor based on photos and field sketches of first Killdeer of year, along with Great Blue Heron in the snow covered Manayunk Canal in Philadelphia, PA.- solitaryVSong
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- great blue heron killdeer manayunk canal philadelphia watercolor
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Common Yellowthroat in Backyard
5x7 inch watercolor. Based on photo of a migrating Common Yellowthroat that was in our backyard for a few minutes last week.- solitaryVSong
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- common yellowthroat watercolor
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- Category: Art & Graphics