Black and Whites; October 2009

Grey Herons

Chough

Yet more ink drawing now completed, the most recent two scanned and posted above, again done on paper with felt tipped technical pens of various sizes..

Black and Whites; October 2009

Bluethroat; 1st Calender in Autumn; Felt-tipped technical Pen.

Adult Tree Sparrow; Felt-tipped Technical Pen.

Now working on a series of Black and White illustrations for an up and coming publication back in Ireland, a couple here. Both with fine felt tip technical drawing pens...

Stonechat on Fuschia; 7th October 2009

Finished Painting; Stonechat on Fuschia; (18"x14")

The major elements quickly blocked in on this piece...

Early stages, simple blue background tone blocked in, cutout sketch seen here helps me with composition, so easy to just move it around until it's right, then draw into the picture....

Stonchat on Fuschia; Acrylic on Board; 18"x14"

The latest here again, a rather small acrylic of a Stonechat, this one from a sketch done on Cape Clear Island in August...

Autumn Tree Sparrows; Collage

The finished painting, shot in good light...

Darks added in the background to create depth, branches rendered...

Coloured tissue the main addition here for the leaves...

Early stages, paint plastered on!


Autumn Tree Sparrows; Collage; 18"x14".

Coloured Crepe Paper, Tissue paper and Acrylic Paint. Latest colour piece....

Latest Sketches; September 2009

Tree Sparrow; Graphite Stick

Jay collecting acorns; Angarn.

Reed Bunting in thistle...

Reed Buntings..

A few more recent sketches here from the past couple of weeks, will be working on some collage Tree Sparrows soon, watch this space...