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[AStevenson]

Been away for a while, dunno if I take much more of Peter's excellent stuff, oh ok then.....the egret's a belter.

Must get around to doing some newer stuff, but a friend recently brought me an envelope full of old pen 'n' inks that I'd supplied for many an old Ayrshire and Scottish Bird Report, which I thought some would be worth posting - some of the small ones are very small indeed!

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[jomo]

Lovely collection, Andrew! Can't help but think of the late Dr. Ennion and the scrapbook pages of little drawings he'd assemble, from sketches made on the backs of scrap paper while out doing his rounds.

 

[timwootton]

And that's not a bad thought to evoke, that's for sure.
These are great Andrew - I always look forward to your posts. The Leach's s-p and the shortie are wonderful studies of jizz as well s being anatomicaly spot-on (the billowing primaries of the shortie on the trn is realy well described).

 

[Woody]

Great stuff, and please do get round to some new pics it's nice to see work of quality.

Mike

 

[nickderry]

wonderful stuff, I personally can't do this sort of drawing and I'm jealous of anyone who can - these really are great.

 

[ste]

very nice pen + ink drawings Andrew The sand martin is a delight
Steve

 

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

super pen &inks a medium I love. Lovely cross hatching

 

[buzzard12]

Been away for a while, dunno if I take much more of Peter's excellent stuff, oh ok then.....the egret's a belter.

Must get around to doing some newer stuff, but a friend recently brought me an envelope full of old pen 'n' inks that I'd supplied for many an old Ayrshire and Scottish Bird Report, which I thought some would be worth posting - some of the small ones are very small indeed!

Cheers,
Andrew

These really are a treat, love the Sand Martin in particular, really well done. Used to do a lot of ink work, in fact pretty much all of my serious early work was along these lines fo the local bird report back in Dublin, so I know how good these are..

Thanks for posting and look forward to seeing more in the future, seeing these makes me think about running off to buy some technical pens!

 

[peter mathios]

This 5"x5" is more of a landscape of a wildlife area a few hours south of where I live called Shasta Valley. There are a couple of Northern Shovelers thrown into the throng of coots.

 

[Woody]

Once more an evocative image of spectacular scenery, you've managed to get a feeling of huge into a tiny painting.

Mike

 

[mark richards]

just like looking out of a window......brill..

 

[peter mathios]

Here's a white-headed woodpecker feeding a youngling. 7"x5" acrylic.

 

[nickderry]

superb, an unusual angle and a great rule-breaker - so many people insist that we have to see the bird's head, and it's just not true.

 

[timwootton]

Good point Nick. This is an intriguing image and all the more effective because of the angles - the underside of the tree-limb is beautifully rendered. Another great painting Peter.

 

[spizaetos]

Sublime!

Paschalis

 

[desgreene]

Yet another beaut!

 

[ARTHUR BISHOP]

I agree with the above . Love the angle.

 

[EliS]

Andrew, those ink drawings are wonderful!!! I'm a fan of this medium (though I haven't been doing any ink work in a long long time) and you handle the medium wonderfully!

Peter, another set of wows!

Elina

 

[Woody]

There's some lovely shapes going on with the 'pecker pic, it's gorgeous.

Mike

 

[AStevenson]

Some new stuff, but in colour - managed a trip to the UAE last month, both of these species were high on the 'wanted list'.

Cheers,
Andrew