A new fish painting …..
Initial work in progress
Work In Progress
#Koi #Carp Work In Progress
#Goshawk #Kestrel & #Harris’ #Hawk
Another selection of beautiful birds of prey. The American Kestrel will land on your head.
The action shots are out of focus but still valuable reference material.
The Goshawk was the biggest of the hawks.
American Kestrel
American Kestrel
Harris’ Hawk
Goshawk
Peregrine cross
Noisy Goshawk
Owls and Hawks
More pics from my visit to the Falconry Centre
Peregrine Falcon
Goshawk
Goshawk
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Eurasion eagle owl
Eurasian Eagle Owl
#Hawk & #Buzzard Photos
Invaluable reference photos which I took at the Falconry Centre near Gloucester yesterday. These are the Harris’s Hawk and the Red Tailed Buzzard.
Harris’s Hawk
Harris’s Hawk
Harris’s Hawk running
Red Tailed Buzzard
Red Tailed Buzzard
#Koi #Fish #Art WIP madness!
Sometimes you choose a background that drives you a bit crazy because of its’ design. This is not a commission and so I only have myself to blame. Here is a close up of my current work in progress about 1/4 of the total A4 size, the area around the pebbles for the whole image took around 5 hours.
Good Morning from Simba Fang #Cat!
A big softy with big fangs….
#Cranes & #Terns Chinese Style (#Painting!)
My first attempts at using a Chinese Brush in the traditional manner.
The Cool Wall – Gypsy #Ponies on The Common with #Donkey Friend Alfie
The last few days have been so hot here, and these ponies’ tails keep on swishing at those persistent flies. I love their patchwork piebald colours and the orderly way they have stationed themselves with their faces as close to the wall as they can.
More #Bees & Geraniums
Shame I do not have an SLR camera, but these are not bad for my little Lumix
Claire Failes Landscape Artist
The Severn Valley Art Trail is on next weekend; look up the venues and view some original art!
Claire Failes Landscape Artist’s Studio is open in North Nibley.
Claire Failes Landscape Artist
Tyndale Monument Gloucestershire painting by Claire Failes
Claire Failes’ Studio
More amazing landscapes here on her Facebook Page
#Animal #Artist Claudia Hahn
I ventured to Nature In Art to see artist in residence Claudia Hahn who is an amazing animal painter. She uses all sorts of medium alongside gold leaf and bronze pigments and travelled in India on an elephant to capture pictures of tigers for reference. I can usually resist a purchase but this time I could not walk away without taking home the print below of “Grumpy Old man”. See this Tiger print below (still in cellophane hence the highlights!). Find out more about Claudia here.
Penny’s Sheep
A sheep from the Trossach’s which does not actually belong to Penny but does wander around her garden and Cottage Holiday Let as it is open to the farmer’s field.
From Nuthatch to Peregrine – Birds for Art
Having mainly focused on birds this year with my painting I fancied engaging more directly with my subject matter by trying out some bird watching.
Symonds Yat in Gloucestershire is known to have a successful breeding pair of Peregrine falcons.
The first reward for me was not seeing a Peregrine but instead two Nuthatches up close and snapping some half decent photos.
Luckily for me some time later I happened to have in sight the take-off point from which one of the Peregrine Falcons took to the wing and soared out across the Wye Valley below us. There was a nice atmosphere between the regular birdwatchers who enthusiastically share information. It was nice to get there early before the throng of tourists and walkers poured in nearer to lunchtime, and needless to say that is when I snuck away.
Peregrine photo below is courtesy of Pixabay images.
When is a Painting Finished?
So When is a Painting Actually Finished?
When it has made it to the bin? Hopefully not.
I have ready many tips on this and this one sums it up in a great way for me.
Artist Bryan Evans states in The Artist that
“…a painting is finished when it’s not as good as it just was, and is unlikely to get any better.”
Easy to say;, but hard to (cockadoodle) do!
Diane Young Artist 