From Tim Wootton's Studio (2 Viewers)

[birdpotter]

Tim,
Really amazing stuff here. I don't know what else to say. You are, as always, unbelievable.
I love watching you progress through the dead bird sketches.

 

[timwootton]

Sorry to read about Ed's dog and the effect on his wallet. We're going to be shelling out this week too.
Having recently aquired yet another doggy (eldest of the last two finally departing this mortal coil 2 days before we moved to Stromness in May), I am being re-introduced to the delights of walking a two-year-old, five-stone, 4-leg drive sex-machine along the cliffs of my adopted homeland. He behaves like an Exocet on viagra and, I'm afraid, something just has to be done. My wrists will not take any more (careful now!).
So it's off to the Vet's tomorrow for a bit of fairly drastic surgery that will, hopefully, curtail his ardour.
“You sure it will make any difference to him?” Sally asks. “When you had your op, it only seemed to make you worse!”
“Eh? What? - For Chr*st's sake, Sal – I only had my plumbing rearranged – I wasn't castrated!”
As far as mine go, they're still happily jiggling around under the misapprehension that they are serving some useful purpose in life (a bit like Traffic Wardens, I suppose).
But it's this tiny detail of assuming there's little difference between a vasectomy and being castrated which is a real eye-opener – and she used to work in a Vet's! Either that, or she thinks we're just taking him along for an op so he can have meaningful and pleasurable sex without the undesired consequences of progeny. Anyways, he's off on Thursday and I'll hopefully notice a difference pretty soon afterwards.
Of course, if I ever start to show a propensity for wagging my tail uncontrollably whilst out walking, diving face-first into tussocks of grass only to emerge bulge-eyed and frothing at the mouth, then I'd fully expect to be making a visit to the Vet's too!
So he's only getting what he deserves.​

 

[Strandman]

You are very kind- but in fact for a number of years now I have gently chiding Mrs K for wasting money on pet insurance. So she has been proved right... It didn't pay for him to have his nuts off though- an op which only slowed him down for about 24 hours.

 

[EliS]

I think I'll skip the dogs and comment on the birds. Those dead bird studies are amazing. They look almost too real to be real. And the RTD aren't finished yet as they are now? It's stunning already!

Elina

 

[timwootton]

You are very kind- but in fact for a number of years now I have gently chiding Mrs K for wasting money on pet insurance. So she has been proved right... It didn't pay for him to have his nuts off though- an op which only slowed him down for about 24 hours.

Oh! B*gger about the insurance, but isn't that always the way?
And Oh! Double B*gger about the lack of effect the lack of nuts had on pooch. I'm hoping ours still young enough for it to have an effect - if not he'll be wearing a collar with a 10 kilo weight on it. Ought to slow him down a bit.
Elina - the diver painting's not quite completed yet. Hopefully today.

 

[Woody]

Sorry to read about Ed's dog and the effect on his wallet. We're going to be shelling out this week too.
Having recently aquired yet another doggy (eldest of the last two finally departing this mortal coil 2 days before we moved to Stromness in May), I am being re-introduced to the delights of walking a two-year-old, five-stone, 4-leg drive sex-machine along the cliffs of my adopted homeland. He behaves like an Exocet on viagra and, I'm afraid, something just has to be done. My wrists will not take any more (careful now!).
So it's off to the Vet's tomorrow for a bit of fairly drastic surgery that will, hopefully, curtail his ardour.
“You sure it will make any difference to him?” Sally asks. “When you had your op, it only seemed to make you worse!”
“Eh? What? - For Chr*st's sake, Sal – I only had my plumbing rearranged – I wasn't castrated!”
As far as mine go, they're still happily jiggling around under the misapprehension that they are serving some useful purpose in life (a bit like Traffic Wardens, I suppose).
But it's this tiny detail of assuming there's little difference between a vasectomy and being castrated which is a real eye-opener – and she used to work in a Vet's! Either that, or she thinks we're just taking him along for an op so he can have meaningful and pleasurable sex without the undesired consequences of progeny. Anyways, he's off on Thursday and I'll hopefully notice a difference pretty soon afterwards.
Of course, if I ever start to show a propensity for wagging my tail uncontrollably whilst out walking, diving face-first into tussocks of grass only to emerge bulge-eyed and frothing at the mouth, then I'd fully expect to be making a visit to the Vet's too!
So he's only getting what he deserves.​

Now that's brightened the day for me! Cheers Tim! :-O:-O

Mike

 

[timwootton]

Divers Revisited

I think this new painting is complete now. I think it's an improvement - if I were to paint this about 75 more times, I may get close to being happy with it :-O

 

[Strandman]

I think this new painting is complete now. I think it's an improvement - if I were to paint this about 75 more times, I may get close to being happy with it :-O

I really like these. In honour of your previous post, one might almost say they are the mutt's nuts.

 

[Gill Osborne]

Gill - specifically on handling wild birds - if they look manky - leave them alone. Most of what I pick up are road kills meaning they were (probably) in fairly good health up until the point that they, er, weren't. They will have (depending on species and individual) a number of mites, lice and other hangers-on which will remain with the host until they find another one. These are pretty specific critters requiring very specialised habitat, so don't worry about them - unless you happen to be dressing up in your best Fulmar-feather outfit - most are very slow-moving and can be cracked with the blunt end of a pencil or brush as they hit the white backing paper (which I like to use as it helps me see the contours and tones better than 'neutral' backgrounds. Reverse side of old wallpaper is good. One type of parasite which lives on rooks is a broad winged flea-type of thing and they are truly gruesome. They appear fom out of the plumage, do a quick once-over round the corpse and disappear back into the feathers - uuuuurrgh! I don't do corvids in the house - they stay outer doors.
One final thing. When using dining table (as Mr Derry and I both do now) - make sure it's not you sitting where aforementioned specimen was lying previous to setting table - or you could disinfect the table, if you're being pedantic!
regarding catching 'stuff' from dead birds - I suppose the main thing is - don't eat them or suck them. You should be ok then.

Thanks Tim.......though I had completely forgotten about parasites :eek!: Let's just NOT mention that little detail to Neil, eh? What he doesn't know cannot hurt him :-O

 

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

I love it just as much . I could echo Ed and say its the" dogs b-ll--ks". The light is just superb

 

[Woody]

This is surely a painting of light with birds in it. Magical atmosphere and alive birds. Your client cannot fail to love this.

Mike

 

[peter mathios]

stunning? peaceful? moody? I can't seem to find the right words, but the painting strikes an emotional chord.

 

[desgreene]

Yes, peaceful is the word that springs to mind. Beautiful lighting. Wish it was going on my wall!

 

[timwootton]

I'm not sure whether black dog knew what was coming to him but he's managed to wangle a day's reprieve. Having fastidiously adhered to the 'nil by mouth' since 9 o'clock last night - I was then left in charge of aforementioned animal for 10 minutes this morning. Well, y'know what it's like: the lure of t'internet and the big wide cyberworld out there!
I was engrossed in a particular website which shall remain nameless (!) when from my subconscious I could hear a crunching sound. Then from my very real conscious a quite unearthly noise catapulted me from my electronic reverie.
"What the feck's HE got!!!???" my erudite and charming wife enquired from the hallway.
"Ermm - not my fault" I revert to 5 year old blameless mode.
There's the sodding dog eating the last of two carcasses of last night's chicken dinner which he's stolen from the kitchen bin.
A quick phonecall to her ex-employers to find he can no longer be operated on today - he may be sick and choke as the second sedative is administered.
"Oh well THAT would be a fecking shame!" - I suggest. my whole day's plans of passage migrant chasing in tatters.
Tomorrow he's definitely going - and I'm staying with him to watch.

 

[desgreene]

Obviously a clever mutt!

Anyway, why have we not been treated to a post mortem study of the chicken carcass?

 

[timwootton]

Anyway, why have we not been treated to a post mortem study of the chicken carcass?

'Cos to do so would mean disecting the dog to retrieve it. Ah - I see where you're coming from !

 

[desgreene]

I was thinking along these lines (has some way to go to matching your previous studies I know!)

 

[Andrew H]

Great Dog study, a cartoonist amongst us methinks.................

 

[desgreene]

Great Dog study, a cartoonist amongst us methinks.................

I've never met poor Blackie, but I'm sure we can all feel a little sympathy, and I think it's the least we can do to forever immortalise his nuts on the internet.

 

[timwootton]

Collecting eldest daughter from the Academy this pm and spotted bundle of white on the playing fields. On return journey I encouraged Sal to stop and, after a good sniff for indoor drawing purposes, decided it wasn't over the top and bagged the corpse (snapped femur protruding from flank and obvious neck-break - 10 yards from road and down-wind).
Other than that, a beautiful specimen and I hope to have the drawing finished sometime tonight.