ROLLER CONTINUED....A TASTER!

With my exhibition just two months away I have been cracking on with quite a bit of work. I have been trying to manage my time to get more from the daylight hours and its beginning to pay off.

In between allowing layers of watercolours to dry I have revisited an old friend and have put sketches and original drafts of my Roller drawings into a finished piece in which I hope to exhibit

I don't want to give to much away, which explains the lack of blog posts but I wanted to share it with you.

European Roller Coracias garrulus, Spurn-Aldborough, East Yorkshire, 2012 

European Roller Coracias garrulus, Quick Drafts of Composition, shape and colour

Again I had issues with the Roller Blue but found the best way to get close to that incredible blue was by using a really cheap pound shop felt pen and working it away with my scraper tools to get the desired shade!

A MAGICAL CHAOS!!!

Details of my upcoming Bird Art Exhibition HERE in the Spurn Lighthouse in May looking at the MAGICAL CHAOS that is MIGRATION!



Juvenile Long-tailed Skua heading South over the River Humber at Spurn

 

Sorry for the lack of Blog updates and lack art being uploaded, I'm concentrating on my exhibition and don't want to give to much away until the work is made public

THANK EVER SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, JAB

ARTISTS IN FOCUS!

Please spare a bit of time to look at these Bird Artists Work.

It really is incredible stuff and both very inspirational indeed!

BILL MORTON

HOODOOCROW


RICHARD JOHNSON

RICHARD JOHNSON WILDLIFE ART FACEBOOK PAGE

WEBSITE (STITCHBIRD) of RICHARD JOHNSON

There is nothing better in my eyes than discovering new Wildlife/Bird Art from artists you have been following knowingly and unknowingly for a long while!

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK GUYS and THANKYOU!

Artist in Focus: STARNINI LORENZO

This is pretty special stuff!, if you love photo-realism then you will love this!

STARNINI LORENZO (click on his name to see more where this came from)

THIS ARTWORK IS COPYRIGHT OF STARNINI LORENZO

ENOUGH SAID......

NEW ART FOR A NEW YEAR

I thought I would make more of an effort this year to stay on top of Blog posts, I have somewhat neglected blogging given the ease of updating my facebook and twitter art page (links to these no on top right of blog page) & because of my heavy work load.

However I intend to update them all as regularly as one another this year with an array of my work.

As you will have seen I advertised for Christmas commissions at the back end of 2012 and can't thank all of the people who requested pieces enough for there support.  

Not only did I love working on all the pieces requested but learnt numerous new skills, new techniques and discovered more about a wider range of artistic mediums and personal comfort zones.

Here are a few such pieces at various stages of completion:

Trying my hand at Horse Illustration, a different art all together!

Adult Male Great-Spotted Woodpecker with juvenile (the beginnings)

Glaucous-Winged Gull the beginnings, I wish at this point I had made the primaries a somewhat paler shade. The primaries appear to dark for my liking to do this species justice.

Glaucous-Winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) Saltholme 2008/2009,
found by a very good friend

Bewick's Swans, illustrations I completed for a true gentlemen (John Melmoth) for his new book Swanfall (sequel to welcome) which can be found by clicking on the link!



Bewick's Swans, I loved doing these illustrations!



American Black Tern (Chlidonias niger surinamensis), a 1st for Yorkshire and Spurn 

A recent painting of 'STORM' a horse belonging to some very good friends

Male Northern Wheatear, Seaforth Radar Tower

A recently completed commission I was asked to do for a true Gentlemen.

Male Northern Wheatear ssp. leucorhoa

Feeding along the rocks around Seaforth Radar Tower one autumn day.

Christmas Commisions???

Just to let everyone know that I'm NOW TAKING CHRISTMAS COMMISSIONS!

Thinking of a present for a friend(s), loved ones or wishing to treat yourself to a memoir having found yourself an avian gem this autumn on Shetland, Scilly or along the East Coast!


Current Commission nearing completion for a good friend,
Male Northern Wheatear with Seaforth Radar in the distance!

I will be producing A5 Watercolours, Pen & Ink or Pencil Illustrations of a Bird(s) of your choice for £50 + p&p

If you are interested just send me an email at jackashtonbooth@hotmail.com and we will talk through your ideas i.e the Age & Sex of Bird , place and habitat, landscapes/landmarks, style etc

EVERYONE HAS A FAVOURITE BIRD IN A FAVOURITE PLACE!