I'am usually so tired from working I struggle to find time or the stamina to paint as much as I would love to. I'am however getting better at managing the time I have to myself and the time I can asign to painting and can't apologise enough to those people who are waiting on work (namely Dougie Barr)
Its not that I don't want to do it, its finding the time to do it.
If only art payed the bills! Now What a world that would be
The 1st painting tries to depict(a very poor scan)a Buff-breasted Sandpiper which are mind blowingly cool birds and I was lucky enough to see 2 birds last autumn. It is a little more pot-bellied than I like so intend to work into it more with Gouache In the hope of correcting it and giving it more depth in its enivronment. (Watercolour from mental notes/drawings done on the evening after seeing the birds)
The 2nd painting is one I knocked up in about half hour as a celebration of the Raptor trio observed by my friends on North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory within roughly one week of each other....Incredible stuff! White-tailed Eagle (left), poorly painted Goshawk (centre) and Black Kite (right)
So far in 2011 the Observatory has observed:
White-tailed Eagle
Osprey (today as it happens)
Black Kite
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Goshawk
Peregrine
Kestrel
Merlin
and thats before May has really kicked off!
To see more or to stay at North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory visit http://www.nrbo.co.uk
Believe me it is well worth it not only for the raptors but for everything bird and non-bird related.Plus if you love waders you will be blown away!!! MAGIC
