From Tim Wootton's Studio (1 Viewer)

[gropperwinch]

KK, I'm back for more!

red-throat #1 is an absolute beauty and epiphonises all that makes the Orkney so beautiful and magical.

red-throat #2 is a terrific set of sketches, incredibly detailed an accurate, a fantastic study:t:

red-throat #3 is a serpentine beast of folklore whispered about by the ancient orkney clans of days gone by

and lapwing in the light is a divine work of sheer goddess-like, pagan beauty that yanks at your heart and calls your soul to form a lifelong bond with it.

sorry for the ramblings Tim but these are rather good :t:

 

[rockfowl]

Blimey, after reading this lot, there isn't an awful lot more to say Tim :eek!:

Smart :t:

 

[timwootton]

A watercolour with a smudge of pale grey pastel. . . . .

 

[gropperwinch]

gobsmacked!!!

 

[nickderry]

the textures you've achieved (again) are phenomenal - I miss auks!

 

[Dark Knight]

quite simply fantastic :t:

http://robs-birding.blogspot.com/

 

[birdboybowley]

I feel warmer just looking at it Tim - great stuff

 

[colleenc]

beautifully composed range of values perfectly expressing birds and the light.

 

[gropperwinch]

reminds me a lot of these photos i took on South Stack a few weeks ago. Even looks like the same angle, viewing them from above standing on an opposite cliff!

 

[solitaryVSong]

Some of the most light-filled watercolor around. As I said about some other paintings, the light is just as tactile and substantial as anything else. Just lovely.

 

[phil baber]

Bit of Jackson Pollock in there!

Testy, and lovely!

Your understanding of light is teaching me much!

 

[RussB]

I've just feasted my eyes on the Guillemots: simply sublime. I agree, the portrayal of the light on the dark tones is handled masterfully. Almost photogenic, but miles better.

Russ

 

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

the textures you've achieved (again) are phenomenal -

Totally agree superb

 

[Woody]

Tim, the sunshine is doing you a power of good! Your latest output has been exceptional. I wish I had a half of your skill with watercolours.

Mike

 

[buzzard12]

A watercolour with a smudge of pale grey pastel. . . . .

Reminds me of a Darren Rees watercolour of this species from some years back. Remarkable work Tim...

 

[timwootton]

Bit of a mixed bag here - sunlight is a bit sparse at the mo, but it's summer so I can at least try and recreate it in a painting (today is very pleasant, though). The ringed plovers pic isn't finished but I wonder if anyone has anything to say about it - it's from an idea the other evening when I was out drawing red-throats at Birsay Moors; the rain was spotting and a grey wash coloured the landscape.

 

[gropperwinch]

why do I bother! Those Ringed Plovers are pure, pure perfection, I am for once in my life speechless!

 

[buzzard12]

why do I bother! Those Ringed Plovers are pure, pure perfection, I am for once in my life speechless!

Puffins are just wonderful...

Glad it started raining because the Ringed Plovers are just...

Maybe someone more literate can find the words.

I'm off to burn me brushes...

 

[rockfowl]

The ringed plovers pic isn't finished but I wonder if anyone has anything to say about it -

IMO It's finished!! Leave it, it's just sublime, a wonderful piece of observation.

If it had a certain LJ signature in the bottom, we'd all think....******* :smoke:
and he knows when to stop ehh

Edit - Okay, maybe the tail end of the near bird...and the legs...but no more..

 

[Strandman]

Bit of a mixed bag here - sunlight is a bit sparse at the mo, but it's summer so I can at least try and recreate it in a painting (today is very pleasant, though). The ringed plovers pic isn't finished but I wonder if anyone has anything to say about it - it's from an idea the other evening when I was out drawing red-throats at Birsay Moors; the rain was spotting and a grey wash coloured the landscape.

extra brill Ringed Plovers- I think it is the reduced colour that gives it that extra extra bit o' class if that were possible: so just a fraction more filling in on tail and legs of left hand bird and surely you will leave it alone..