birdpotter
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You never cease to amaze me.
A great daily, I would say!
A great daily, I would say!
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Mike's conservatory (2 Viewers)
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Andy in West Oz
Now of the east!
Sublime work, Mike, truly sublime. Just found and read through the entire thread.
Found myself edging closer to the screen to see the detail and then leaning back to soak it all up. Was in raptures with the Kestrel (magnificent feather work) and blown away by the Snipe at post #333.
Found myself edging closer to the screen to see the detail and then leaning back to soak it all up. Was in raptures with the Kestrel (magnificent feather work) and blown away by the Snipe at post #333.
Woody
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Thank you Andy, glad you've found us in the best bit of BF. The kestrel was a return to a very detailed style after a period of loose painting inspired by others on here. At the moment I'm planning on running the two styles alongside each other and I'm currently working on a detailed snipe portrait.
Mike
Woody
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Don't you just hate that... painting a snipe all day and it's jogging along nicely and I'm real pleased with it. Then I take a risk and the whole thing turns into a giant c*ck-up! Where's the Cmd-Z key when you need it?! Now I'll have to spend tomorrow putting it right...
Tim, line 'em up on the ol' bar mate, I need a drop of the good stuff!....
Mike
Tim, line 'em up on the ol' bar mate, I need a drop of the good stuff!....
Mike
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
happens to me all the time! apart from the snipe bit, haven't seen one of those (my favourite bird too!) for a few years now!
timwootton
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2 pascherans it is - although I'm working in the wrong bar tonight, obviously |:S|
GET TO BED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET TO BED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woody
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The summer lull has settled over Elmley, the birds are quiet and the grasshoppers are noisy. The avocets are slowly relinquishing their near monopoly of the scrapes and there was a group of about forty blacktailed godwits sharing the shallow water last weekend. This week there were one or two of the blackwits and a group of dunlin milling about as a smattering of common sands darted about picking at the abundant flies on the water's surface. A few lapwings were snoozing in the grass and a couple of pairs of ringed plover chased the redshanks when the avocets couldn't be bothered. I watched as one ringed plover gave the full broken wing charade to a passing moorhen and a couple of the redshanks indulged in a bit of kung-fu, although it's quiet there's always something to delight. Meanwhile the last of the season's avocet chicks busied themselves in the shallows watched over by their attentive parents. Every now and again the alarm would be sounded for a passing marsh harrier or a kestrel and the avocets would launch like a squadron of 1940's spitfires to the intercept; 'Bogeys one five Biffo. Tally Ho!'
On sunday afternoon my daughter Beth asked if we could take a trip to a traditional hay meadow for a bit of a walk and who was I to refuse? No bir ds but there were butterflies and wildflowers in abundance, meadow browns and marbled whites along with large skippers and other 'whites' made the experience worthwhile. I couldn't avoid crushing quite a few small snails in the grass underfoot and Beth found their pop and crunch every few steps highly amusing. I don't think we could have had any real impact on the population as a whole though. The evening was pleasant weather for once and I sat in the gathering darkness to listen to our blackbird singing and enjoy a couple of glasses of my fave. I'd had a day off on friday to attend my son's graduation ceremony so, all things taken into consideration, a pretty good weekend this week. Didn't get time to sort out the snipe piccy though so that's for another day. Here's some sketches from this weekend and last.
Mike
On sunday afternoon my daughter Beth asked if we could take a trip to a traditional hay meadow for a bit of a walk and who was I to refuse? No bir ds but there were butterflies and wildflowers in abundance, meadow browns and marbled whites along with large skippers and other 'whites' made the experience worthwhile. I couldn't avoid crushing quite a few small snails in the grass underfoot and Beth found their pop and crunch every few steps highly amusing. I don't think we could have had any real impact on the population as a whole though. The evening was pleasant weather for once and I sat in the gathering darkness to listen to our blackbird singing and enjoy a couple of glasses of my fave. I'd had a day off on friday to attend my son's graduation ceremony so, all things taken into consideration, a pretty good weekend this week. Didn't get time to sort out the snipe piccy though so that's for another day. Here's some sketches from this weekend and last.
Mike
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buzzard12
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Isn't it great! Don't know what I enjoy the most, the fieldwork or the wonderful written accounts, both combined provide the most wonderful account of the day out you almost feel you were there....
Your artwork is top class Mike, love this most recent batch. You really have a talent with words my friend, a column in an interest related magazine or newspaper really would befit you...
timwootton
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Just to concur - words and images, both combine to make a thoroughly delightful pastoral experience. You really convey a true and honest sense of happiness and wellbeing that's hard to resist.
Great stuff.
Great stuff.
halftwo
Wird Batcher
ARTHUR BISHOP
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Super sketches mike and the Snipe is a cracker
