Sketches from Portugal (24 Viewers)

[nickderry]

beautiful!

 

[timwootton]

Beautiful work, Paulo - delicately handled bird and foliage; the pale background works really well with this image. Really lovely.

 

[username]

Firecrest...one of my favorite species...[as i'm sure it is for many]...very very nice work Paulo...

:t:

 

[JTMB]

Nicely done, and my thoughts on seeing it were exactly like Ken's - Golden-crowned Kinglet, which we have flocks of in the winter, twittering away as they move through an area. Very nice!

 

[Paulo Alves]

Thank you all so much for your kind words

 

[Paulo Alves]

I would like to know your opinion about this plate. It represents an adult and a juvenile of Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus.

 

[Strandman]

I would like to know your opinion about this plate. It represents an adult and a juvenile of Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus.

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that's really smart- I love the little authentic touches, like way the feet on the adult are just resting on the branch, not firmly wrapped round it

 

[timwootton]

. . . and the expression on the juv. bird is exquisite. Beautiful composition with lots to look at.

 

[RussB]

This is a superb piece, Paulo. Only seen this species once, several years ago in The Gambia, and it was one of my birds of the trip. Of course, I'd love to spend time sketching them in southern Europe.
A stunning subject, too, just black, white and grey. As Tim says, the expression of the juv. is so endearing. I love the landscape touch in the background, too. Wonderful.

Russ

 

[Drellas]

Hey, these are great. Perhaps all know, but I don't know... what technic do you use?

Ulrike O

 

[Woody]

I've never seen the species wild but this looks like a very well studied ID plate to me.

I do have one tiny niggle though, the way the twig that the adult is sitting on simply stops randomly just seems a little uncomfortable to me. That really is just a tiny thing though, overall I love it.

Mike

 

[Paulo Alves]

Thank you all. Your comments are much apreciated.

 

[Simon Wates]

The Black-winged Kites are a joy - brilliant Paulo!

 

[Paulo Alves]

what technic do you use?

Hello Ulrike, for this piece I've used watercolour in the first layers, then I've used Gouache and some white Acrylic.

 

[Paulo Alves]

I do have one tiny niggle though, the way the twig that the adult is sitting on simply stops randomly just seems a little uncomfortable to me. That really is just a tiny thing though, overall I love it.

Hello Mike,

you've touched the exact point! That's something I tought that could work, but it seems a little strange...

 

[Paulo Alves]

The Black-winged Kites are a joy - brilliant Paulo!

Thank you Simon! I will post this painting in Forum Aves very soon.

 

[phil baber]

Astonishing and beautiful work Paulo!

 

[Paulo Alves]

Hey everybody. It's been a while since I post something.

Here is a fresh study of a juvenile Barn Owl found dead in a barn. I'm not sure about the cause of death...

 

[orniodesigns]

Beautiful painting. Subject is sad but painting is nice. Maybe it had eaten poisoned rat?

 

[Paulo Alves]

Maybe it had eaten poisoned rat?

It's a possibility, unfortunately the farmers are still using that method to control the rat population in farms. I prefer the old good method: Owls.

The farmer who deliver me the dead bird say that he don't uses raticide, because he has live stock. But around him it's a common practice.