Where I live in East Sussex near to me there is a lovely park where wildlife live abundantly - Egerton Park. My friend has seen a kingfisher there a few times but despite many many attempts to view this small delicate bird I still haven't been lucky. I've sat on the bench nearby with my two dogs - asking them to be patient and quite, so they sit there with me but still no sightings. The park has an area of water within it and in the middle of one pond is a small island that looks like a castle for the wildfowl!
Quite often this serene area is invaded by pigeons and of course seagulls. But mostly there are ducks a plenty and other wildfowl.
Quite often this serene area is invaded by pigeons and of course seagulls. But mostly there are ducks a plenty and other wildfowl.
Apparently the little kingfisher perches itself on the stone castle and waits looking in the water for it's feed. Kingfishers fly quite rapidly and low over water.
I painted a Kingfisher whilst
I painted a Kingfisher whilst
watching the tv programme Countryfile a while ago. That programme really can inspire me! There was a beautiful episode that was shot alongside a river and the presenter was lucky enough to be able to see a couple of kingfishers. It showed it dipping in and out of the river stream with the golden sunlight dancing off the water. I think that's why I named it Dipper!
These two paintings are done in a slightly different style - using more pen work. I firstly lightly sketched the outline of the kingfisher and then used ceruleun blue and a dark blue watercolour and very loosely danced the brush over the pencil sketch.
Carefully adding the bright yellow as this can become muddy quite quickly. The bright orange colour added a bright blast of energy to the little bird.
Finishing it off carefully with the fine black pen work finally makes it come to life.
I like the way it seems to be in mid flight. The orange on their feathers really compliment the dark blues.
I love painting and depicting British wildlife and nature in my own way. Watercolour captures the subject in a different way to my acrylic paintings. Both ways capture the beauty of nature and the two different ways also reflect my emotions when painting them. I am either in a 'watercolour' mood or an 'acrylic' mood!
I hope you will carry on reading about my painting journey with nature, along with my two dogs, and enjoy my work.
Thank you again for reading this BLOG.
Art , undeniably is conducive to happiness
Vicky :-)
These two paintings are done in a slightly different style - using more pen work. I firstly lightly sketched the outline of the kingfisher and then used ceruleun blue and a dark blue watercolour and very loosely danced the brush over the pencil sketch.
Carefully adding the bright yellow as this can become muddy quite quickly. The bright orange colour added a bright blast of energy to the little bird.
Finishing it off carefully with the fine black pen work finally makes it come to life.
I like the way it seems to be in mid flight. The orange on their feathers really compliment the dark blues.
I love painting and depicting British wildlife and nature in my own way. Watercolour captures the subject in a different way to my acrylic paintings. Both ways capture the beauty of nature and the two different ways also reflect my emotions when painting them. I am either in a 'watercolour' mood or an 'acrylic' mood!
I hope you will carry on reading about my painting journey with nature, along with my two dogs, and enjoy my work.
Thank you again for reading this BLOG.
Art , undeniably is conducive to happiness
Vicky :-)
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