From Tim Wootton's Studio (2 Viewers)

[timwootton]

Cheers folks - appreciate the support.
Just the one Nick - looks ike a fair trade to me (I'll just pop out and catch one for you).

They're back - well they have been for quite a while now but I haven't had any time to spend with them. I took a wee diversion during survey work to locate a few pairs which I bumped into last season and found them immediately. More to the point, I also found a three-day old skua chick - almost impossible to find ordinarily. The parents are a light phase and a dark phase couple; probably the most aggressive arctic skuas I've ever come across. Maybe a reason why they seem to be relatively successful up there, too?
This splodgy daubing is the dark-phase bird (which I'm taking as the male) standing off as I approach the nest site.
Acrylic on canvas, 20"x16"

 

[nickderry]

he looks like a beast not to mess with. fabulous, love the colours.

 

[username]

Wonderfully dynamic birds the skua's......and always a joy to see 'wherever'...top notch pic....goes without saying...[so i don't know why i said it really]...

I'll get me coat....

Brill stuff....:t:

 

[Woody]

Ah, the light, love it!

Mike

 

[solitaryVSong]

Strong, handsome bird and painting.

 

[colleenc]

this is loose and splashy Tim, I like it...and the bird is very arresting in that pose.m

 

[phil baber]

Brooding menace in a strong study.

Love it. Simple, but weighty. Great prescence.

 

[timwootton]

While I have the brushes dirty I thought I'd attack another unsuspecting canvas.

 

[username]

I suspect that the canvas's enjoy your expert painterly 'attacks' Tim....[similar to the way bricks feel about getting laid]....tis what they're there for isn't it...?

ps...can i say that about bricks...?! :eek!: Tooo late....:smoke:

Great pic by the way...:t: Oceans a constant source of inspiration....:cat:

 

[solitaryVSong]

The Wizard of Water returns. You really do an excellent job with waves when you tackle them, regardless of medium!

 

[mattybohan]

Fantastic!

 

[colleenc]

OMG Tim you make me want to go to the coast and see this, a painting to study for a water wonk like me....

 

[Dark Knight]

i was brought up near the coast and this reminds me of it , really great peice of art :t:

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

 

[nickderry]

what a breath of fresh air breezing from the surface of this - I miss water that actually creeps enough away from the horizontal to foam - each brushstroke here is an expression.

 

[phil baber]

Superb postcard from Orkney!

Brilliant "washes" in the "real sense" and "wash-backs!"

Evocative. Lovely.

 

[timwootton]

London bus scenario . . . . no seascapes for weeks then along come two.
Acrylic on canvas, 16"x12"

 

[sfrissell]

Love the seascapes, Tim. I can hear the waves crashing on the rocks!

 

[nickderry]

these seascapes are getting so good - in some older ones there seems to be a little bit of fuss here and there, whereas now, they're spontaneous, natural and sooooooooooooooooo dramatic.

 

[solitaryVSong]

these seascapes are getting so good - in some older ones there seems to be a little bit of fuss here and there, whereas now, they're spontaneous, natural and sooooooooooooooooo dramatic.

Yep. These are natural as could be. And a welcome respite from our 90+ weather. Pretty soon you'll be coming out with a second new book on painting water, sea and rocks. As Nick says, they are 'getting so good!!'

 

[colleenc]

yes Nick has it looks effortless and natural, and the charcoal has given you total control of values in the color work