Matt's watercolors (1 Viewer)

[phil baber]

Excellent piece Matty. Understated, yet bold enough.

 

[mattybohan]

Thanks all! We don't typically get the evening grosbeaks in my part of Michigan... they are spectacular birds. A highlight of a trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsular a few years ago was seeing Evening grosbeaks and boreal chickadees together.

 

[Drellas]

I couldn't the find the German translation for this bird, but it looks beautiful O

Ulrike

 

[mattybohan]

A scarlet tanager from our backyard.

 

[phil baber]

Very nice illustration Matty. Both strident and subtle. Strong and light.

 

[colleenc]

can hear it singing Matty

 

[timwootton]

Consistently top-quality - super work.

 

[mattybohan]

Thanks all. My 9.5 yr old daughter discovered him outside the kitchen window while doing her schoolwork and yelled "scarlet tanager!" Sure enough she was right. The bird hung around the yard for a few days, but has since disappeared, probably to the woods near our house where we see them regularly. He came in close, within 15-20 feet!

 

[nickderry]

beautiful work again!

PS Ulrike, in German Rose-breasted Grosbeak is Rosenbrust-Kernknacker.

 

[timwootton]

PS Ulrike, in German Rose-breasted Grosbeak is Rosenbrust-Kernknacker.

I think you can get a cream for that!
B

 

[JTMB]

Great work on the Scarlet Tanager! They are a species I really miss out west. I remember seeing them growing up in PA...out here we must be content with our Western Tanagers, which are definitely nice but not as dramatic as the Scarlet.

 

[RussB]

Hmmmm, just been admiring these latest pencil efforts. Very nicely done indeed with what looks like a finely honed technique.

Russ

 

[mattybohan]

A Baltimore oriole from the home made jelly feeder. Hollowing out a log with a drill press makes for some more natural feeders to draw the birds on.

 

[nickderry]

superb pose on this one, love it.

 

[timwootton]

Beautiful - a very alive bird, great pose.

 

[mattybohan]

Thanks! You've got to like orioles.
Here is a juvenile tufted titmouse...We have a band of four that always travel together in the yard entertaining us this summer.

 

[timwootton]

Cracker! Just been looking back at a few of these drawings and enjoyng the beautifully rendered backgrounds - the bits of bark and especially the delightful twigs and foliage. Lovely!

 

[mattybohan]

Thanks Tim, I've had less time for painting lately so I was trying to move the sketches more toward "finished" drawings... or at least something that stands more on its own relative to just drawing enough outline to get it ready for the watercolors. Your sharpie studies are so great I might try to loosen up a bit with the watercolors and see what happens. I always say that, but end up working tight.

 

[JTMB]

Another beauty, Matt! And another eastern species I miss seeing out here in the NW.

 

[RussB]

The Baltimore Oriole is exsquisitely done. Quite a superb piece, sir!

Russ