Ed's thread (1 Viewer)

[Moulty]

Hi Ed,

Great use of colour, brush work,

Chris

 

[solitaryVSong]

good news for anyone not full up to date with the Economist

http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-economist-to-halt-production-for-month-to-let,20090/

:clap::clap::clap:

Two of my favorite reads though one takes a bit longer to read than the other.(Not that I don't have a pile of completely unread 'Economists' as well). I've been very disappointed whenever I've turned on a TV version of The Onion. Very dull and predictable. Not like some of their online gems. I'd like to mention one of my favorites but won't because I don't want to bring politics into a place that is so pleasant because there is no politics.

 

[nickderry]

apologies for being away (my loss!) - the smew is smewtiful!

 

[Ayuwat J]

Exactly, even with that unmistakable pattern, smew can also be camouflaged among the ripples. Like it a lot!

 

[Strandman]

Exactly, even with that unmistakable pattern, smew can also be camouflaged among the ripples. Like it a lot!

on more shot at Smew painting this winter to come, hopefully

but meantimes here's a shrike trying to make murder in an old oak hedge: back to playing with marker pen/biro and tipp-ex in my lunchbreak, but with a few quick dabs of colour when I got home

 

[nickderry]

fantastic, sharp drama and sharp eyes to pick out the action in all the confusion.

 

[solitaryVSong]

fantastic, sharp drama and sharp eyes to pick out the action in all the confusion.

And enlivened I think by the deadline of lunch break. I sometimes think such deadlines can bring out the best in artists. You only have a limited amount of time so you stay focused. I really like the idea of taking such a difficult subject as this and whipping it out at lunchtime!! Very successful and the basis of something more developed in time?

 

[JTMB]

I really like how you handled the Smew painting! The hedgerow pursuit scene is excellent - life and death drama unnoticed by most, but nicely captured in your piece.

 

[Nick Sinden]

Shrike is terrific!

 

[timwootton]

Ha!!! - Twice I'd typed in correspondence regarding the wonderful work recently displayed hereabouts and the once to congratulate this thread and its initiator on the 100K views which seemed to have gone by unannounced. I'll rectify the former by saying 'Effing brill, mate - love the smew especally!'
and the latter with this message from our sponsor:

B B 100,000 views - congratsB
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keep it up!!!!:t:
The reason why I never posted was because my NEW lappy wasn't configured correctly to make posts on BF(hence the prolonged silence from YT) - all as it should be, now.

 

[colleenc]

my internet is very sporatic these days...lost me in digi land but love the smew

 

[Strandman]

well hello all - how nice to hear from you all (and commiserations to those enduring computer trouble)

currently doing a digi makeover as little side-project- logo for SOG the Suffolk Ornithologists Group I first painted waaaay in the late 1970s, now only surviving in the first attached version that looks to have been copied recopied and drawn over in someone else's hand

certainly no digi back then and reference material was a precious thing, to be hoarded like a precious metal

 

[Bigshent]

Now them are very SMART Ed

 

[nickderry]

congratulations on the 100,000 views! I have to admit that a good deal of them are from me! An ideal time to remind you what an inspiration your work is to me, from bristly brushes to graphics tablets (philistine!) and sculpture with a helping hand (or sometimes not so helpful) from Mr Black and Decker - keep up the good work!

(what's the poor unfortunate prey item? young moorhen?)

 

[Strandman]

congratulations on the 100,000 views! I have to admit that a good deal of them are from me! An ideal time to remind you what an inspiration your work is to me, from bristly brushes to graphics tablets (philistine!) and sculpture with a helping hand (or sometimes not so helpful) from Mr Black and Decker - keep up the good work!

(what's the poor unfortunate prey item? young moorhen?)

that really is too kind-

as for the prey item, I think a mixture of moorhen, coot and incy wincy spider

 

[solitaryVSong]

that really is too kind-

as for the prey item, I think a mixture of moorhen, coot and incy wincy spider

Late contratulations too from here on 100,000 views, wihich are now long past. I do really like the prey item, whatever its source, leaving the page. Hope it's enjoyed by many.

 

[MealWormsLive.com]

Thank you for sharing your artwork. Very inspirational and creative.

Jade

 

[buzzard12]

Congrats on 100,000 Ed and what a wonderfully creative piece with the Marsh Harrier food drop, love it!

 

[Nick Sinden]

The SOG logo is a classic...nicely spruced up!

 

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

caught up at last Ed. lost on 3D but a cracking smew