by Mandi | Mar 2, 2012 | owls, Painting
My ‘drawing day’ last week really paid off (despite my grumpiness at missing a great day’s wildlife spotting…) Having a great batch of drawings to develop into paintings has been very productive! I’ve had a good week and made time to...
by Mandi | Feb 23, 2012 | birds, Painting
Its been a long couple of weeks, including the half term break – lots has happened, and thankfully, quite a bit of drawing and painting has been done too! The first set of paintings I played with were all of the same bird – The Gyrlin. I drew the bird 3...
by Mandi | Feb 9, 2012 | birds, Painting, Photographs
Woohoooo! Paint brushes ready and waiting; Artist ready to paint!!! This week I’ve started a new painting of another bird of prey – this one is a ‘Gyrlin’ which is a hybrid cross between a Gyr Falcon and a Merlin. I was attracted to the...
by Mandi | Jan 31, 2012 | birds, Painting
The last couple of days have seen the weather turn cold and my paintbrushes zing into action! Although still a bit chilly sat at my kitchen table, rugged up in thick jumpers and ugg boots, it’s been a lot warmer than outside with hail storms and almost freezing...
by Mandi | Jan 13, 2012 | Painting
Irwin, Baby Boobok Owlet. Watercolour. This morning’s escapism adventure into my paint box took me to Australia! Not literally, but artistically, as Oz is the native country of the Boobok Owl – the subject of today’s painting. Irwin (pictured)...
by Mandi | Jan 12, 2012 | birds, Painting
Had a great time working on my bird paintings this morning…some experimental backgrounds have evolved. So far, my backgrounds have been either plain paper, a plain colour or a scene to suggest the environment of the bird. Today, I played with jazzing up a plain...
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