Wootton Art 2012 (1 Viewer)

[RuislipMG]

one word brilliant the swooping wagtails are perfect and the ground foliage links everything perfectly another brilliant piece of work

 

[AStevenson]

Last pic is outrageously good captures everything perfectly, including the high stepping mini ruff! Those Ennionesque black-headed gulls earlier weren't bad either.

cheers,Andrew

 

[Woody]

Tim you are at your very best here. What a stunning piece of work this is.

Mike

 

[jacquot]

Ditto: I really love this one, too.
David

 

[orniodesigns]

Great painting!

 

[ed keeble]

joyous Buffbreast piece

nice reminder that it's Ok to have more than one centre of attention in a bird pic: it can be done perfect with birds doing specially observed stuff all over

doesn't have to be all birds composing themselves and all bits of nature bending themselves to lead the eye to the rarest bird in the piece

restrained colours too

 

[timwootton]

The 'Monochromes' thread has been officially closed down and I don't like to wake sleeping dogs . . . unless absolutely necessary.
I've been smearing and scratching with the charcoals again recently with a view to contributing to the FAME project exhibition in Glasgow next month. The gannet piece was done with this in mind but t hose sticklers at the RSPB just had to remind me that the FAME project isn't radio-tagging gannets. . ..! - well, they ought to, then - cos this was my best piece:-O
anyways . . . gannet and rocks and sea, fulmars and rocks and sea and fulmars and sea and rocks. There's a theme developing here . . . B

 

[Bigshent]

Great Monos again its been a while since we have been treated to your burnt stick stuff :t:

 

[solitaryVSong]

Great Monos again its been a while since we have been treated to your burnt stick stuff :t:

Always a pleasure to see this burnt stick stuff and the wonders of monochome.

 

[oivind egeland]

These are just outstanding! Is it rude to ask what kind of coal and paper you use (and what format?) The birds have details that I haven't been able to make with charcoal myself.

 

[Mackem George]

Monochrome magic pure and simple every last detail is alive,outstanding GEORGE

 

[timwootton]

These are just outstanding! Is it rude to ask what kind of coal and paper you use (and what format?) The birds have details that I haven't been able to make with charcoal myself.

Not rude at all, Oivind . . . we're all here to try and learn from each other.
I use heavy gauge lining paper (wall paper) and various thicknesses of charcoal - from 2cm diameter to 3mm. Very sharp edges are easy to make (if required) by scribbling on card with the charcoal. I use a Mahl-stick a lot when working on big charcoals.
Most of my charcoal paintings are 33"x22", so what may look like very detailed areas of work may actually be quite sketchily drawn - but the reduction in scale for the computer screen will obviously tighten the work up somewhat.

I've been asked by a couple of people about my charcoal painting techniques, so I thought it may be best illustrated by showing a step-by-step process of a piece of work. There are occasional detailed images which show bits of technique such as lifting off drawn areas with a putty rubber, or blending some patches with bluetac.

If there's anything unclear, or you want to ask anything about the process, please don't hesitate to ask.

 

[timwootton]

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[TorbenBack]

Tim,

To be honest I felt a little bit like Oivind hesitating to ask, but more in the direction of the technique used, so I am very pleased – like many others I´m sure – that you have taken your time to show “us” the process. Black magic at it´s best – brilliant.

Many thanks,:t:
Torben

 

[oivind egeland]

Well, this was certainly more than I hoped for. Thank you, Tim, this was a treat. You make it look easy, but it isn't! I'm just wondering - how long did this take you?

 

[Woody]

Love it! Thanks Tim, I may give the old charcoal pencils a bit of a dusting off.

Mike

 

[Bigshent]

Love it! Thanks Tim, I may give the old charcoal pencils a bit of a dusting off.

Mike

I may buy some :-O but would probably be disappointed. Its not just the birds that look fantastic but the sea looks like you dip your toe in it if it wasnt so blady rough out to sea. Love the walk through Tim:t:

 

[solitaryVSong]

Absolutely fascinating Tim!

 

[mayoayo]

Yes Fascinating,..Nice step-by-step Mini-tutorial!...All beautiful and even more Impressing to see the ease of your approach and simplicity of Your view.
Thanks again