Thursday, September 15, 2011

Crested Tit in Belgium



(Water paint, Crested Tit)

This is my first contribution to the ‘Sketching in Nature’ group. I’m in Belgium nearby a lovely botanical garden, woodlands and heather fields.
The main medium I work with is coloured pencils although I like to make quick sketches with graphite pencil and water paint to study objects like birds, butterflies and bugs.
The main objects of drawing for me are Bugs, Butterflies, Birds, Botanical and other Beautiful things. I hope my contributions will be at least as enjoyable as yours!

May I start with this little Crested Tit? It visited us last week. It wasn’t too shy since we could enjoy its visits to the bird feeder. However, it was lowest in the pecking order and had to wait till Great Tits, Blue Tits and Nuthatches had their seeds.

Paula Kuitenbrouwer
owner of Mindful Drawing.com

8 comments:

  1. Paula, we're delighted to have you join us! It will be fascinating to see the creatures of Belgium.

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  2. I love your Crested Tit watercolour. Very nice indeed.

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  3. Paula, welcome. You have painted this tit with such brightness and personality.

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  4. Fabulous painting filled with so much life. This is the way bird paintings should be.

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  5. Hi Paula, Its a delightful sketch...maybe it turned out too yellow in the scanning ?

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  6. Hi, Concetta, I agree with you. Making great photo's has been the most difficult part of 'blogging' so far. Too often the colours differ too much from the original work. I now outsource most of the photography. I'll upload the same bird with more natural colours soon.
    Many thanks for all the comments!
    Paula

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  7. Welcome! I too look forward to seeing what you find in Belgium. This little tit is full of life.

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  8. Concetta, I've replaced the yellowish photo with a better one.
    Thanks for all the comments. Paula

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