This morning the wind is north easterly and blowing hard, its raining with the threat of snow and I really hate the cold.
Last night I was looking through some of my sketch books and came across one that I used when I was birding in India, it seems like 100 years ago, and I wished I was back there in the sun…..maybe one day I will get there again, it was a wonderful place. I remember at the time that I was so into birding that myself and the other 9 birders with me were so totally focused on seeing as many new birds as possible that we tended to overlook the culture and people around us, a mistake I vowed not to make again when I travelled abroad.
The first thing I noticed when I looked at these pages was how fat I had made the little fella on bottom right, a “Small Sunbird”, I have really made him look overfed.
Over the last couple of days I have become more involved with “EverydayMatters” a Yahoo group of which I have been a member for some time , but have not until now got too involved with. The amount of talent in this group is outstanding and I would say to any artists out there who are not following this group “You don’t know what you are missing”.
One more page from India. I must get down to finishing some of the sketches of my local birds that are coming to my feeders,.
Nice work Phil. Will have to have a sconce through that notebook next time I am down your way!
ReplyDeleteYour bird sketches are lovely. I hope you get back to India someday, but, until then, I'd love to see your paintings of our local birds!
ReplyDeleteI am "all in" with praise for your work....
ReplyDeleteFantastic paintings (don't dare call them sketches)! They look so real!
ReplyDeleteWow! I am so glad you decided to become involved. Your work is beautiful and added much to my coffee break this afternoon :-)
ReplyDeleteI can't stop looking at that top spread! Fat or not, (and believe me, I wouldn't know!) this page is beautifully done! I'm curious what paper you're using? (a true sign that someone likes your work!)
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