From Tim Wootton's Studio (1 Viewer)

[buzzard12]

Dotterals are of the highest order Tim, as is the Pied Fly. Nice to see a few good birds coming your way, especially as we all get to view the results....

 

[Andrew H]

This is where I have problems also, the speed at which to get down the basic lines, from which to add the detail....... Suppose just plenty of practice and spoilt sheets are the answer..........
What ever I get done, always seems to end up as a field drawing instead of a field sketch....I never know when to stop adding the details

 

[spizaetos]

What magnificent and breathtaking sets of sketches Tim!
There is enough inspiration to work on in your studio paintings.
I read with pleasure Nick's writing as yours explaining the whole field-sketching process, which more or less is valid for me also.
I think that speed is a matter of training and need to capture the subject, which you never know how long will it pose for you!

 

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

more superb sketches Tim

 

[timwootton]

Fresh back from work on Westray and Papay Westray (best birds were sub-ad Iceland gull and fem. grey wagtail (don't laugh - it's a great bird up here).
I did get a wee bit of time for a drawing or two - most were done on the hoof, though and into the tiny pocket book - ought to be apparent which ones.

 

[timwootton]

. . . and a few composites from the titchy book.

 

[nickderry]

some very sharp forms on these terns, and you paint light as though it were light itself.

 

[timwootton]

Cheers Nick - nice words.
Mike/Jo - I just found this on -bay; spiral bound and without the added cost of the fancy hardbinding that I purchased before (same 200gsm Accaemia paper, though!).

 

[Woody]

It's always an absolute pleasure to see your work Tim, these sketches tell so many stories, brought to life with your deft touch. Just Wow!...

Mike

 

[timwootton]

Here's a worked up painting from some skua skeches posted earlier and a couple of photos a mate just sent me from Sanday. A dog otter doing a ferret impression!!!!

 

[nickderry]

I take my hat off to these - PURPLE skuas! How wonderful! The colour works so well. You've put the bar even higher - you'll be needing a ladder soon.

The otter is a beauty, something I've seen just twice in my life - I see these kinkajou things more often! B

 

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

Sketches & Skuas a real treat. as Nick say,s an extending ladder at that

 

[Rahul Parekh]

You are doing amazing work Tim. loved your live sketches & depiction of surroundings in your painting. Nice to meet you here.

Whenever I go out in field work. I just enjoy the nature through ears, eyes & lens. Don't know why but it strange too that I don't inspire to draw something live like you all do. Yes, I do love to observe movements, behaviour, feather patterns, social structure, flying techniques etc.

You work is certainly a treat to watch |=)|.

All best wishes,

Cheers, Rahul

 

[Apodemus]

Fantastic skua painting. Do you frame and sell them with the text in place, or use that as a reference to create a further painting? I think the field notes add such a lot to these pieces - it makes the viewer feel they are sharing the experience of being there.

Mike

 

[Woody]

Sexy skuas Tim, full of life and light.

Otters hunting rabbits in rabbit holes! You learn something every day..

Mike

 

[timwootton]

Thanks very much guys - nice to hear from you all.
Hi Mike - yes, this skua piece is what I would call a finished work now; it's derived from some fieldwork posted earlier and only slightly reinterpreted. It's framed and hung as is.
Hi Mike - You got it; this dog otter was one of a group of three (Gareth thinks the others were small females or youngsters). He watched it shoot down a burrow and return within seconds with his catch of a rabbit kit. If you look at the first pic, you'll see there at at least 5 other rabbits in shot - shows just how many there are on Sanday.

 

[Woody]

If you look at the first pic, you'll see there at at least 5 other rabbits in shot - shows just how many there are on Sanday.

Not for long if the otters have their way! Still I don't suppose anybody minds sacrificing a few rabbit kits for an otter family, especially if there's too many bunnies in the first place!

Watching unusual behaviors and incidents like this, (not that I've ever encountered wild otters...), always leave me thinking I'd like to depict them in a painting. But then I invariably end up thinking, nobody would believe it if it weren't a photograph.

Like the time I watched a fox and a muntjac, seemingly getting along fine together.
Or the kingfisher I watched getting a stickleback's spines stuck in the log that he bashed it on. Incredible to watch and I've not seen anything like it before or since but there it was happening right in front of me.

Mike

 

[Daffyduck]

Fantastic skua paintings Tim - such an inspiration to me - I must try harder!

 

[timwootton]

I have in mind a large seascape but I just cannot get the time to collect the reference and work keeps getting in the way!
So, stuck in the gallery today I had to make a painting in an attempt to gain some sanity.
The dotterels have been in my mind for a while, so today they got sorted.

 

[nickderry]

dammit they're nice! a real feel of being there.