Thieving magpie

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Love it Julie! The beautifully painted magpie high in the tree against the foreground foliage, the collaged nest and the hilly landscape in the background. It all works together really well. I wondered what had happened to my pearl necklace!

Posted by Christine Davies on Tue 11 Dec 07:30:00

This is perfect Julie :-) i like it a lot :-) very clever use of collage technique :-)

Posted by Rebecca Louise Saunders on Tue 11 Dec 10:13:08

My favourite bird and much maligned. Beautifully composed and painted Julie.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 12 Dec 16:29:22

Julie I saw your Christmas card in the Leisure painter today, many congratulation, very well deserved.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 13 Dec 14:10:54

Thank you all for the kind comments. Glad you liked the Christmas card Fiona - I entered it at the very last minute, prompted by Christine and was very surprised to find it had been selected.

Posted by Julie Bosley on Thu 13 Dec 22:25:32

Super - love the way you have done the nest and the magpie is perfect.

Posted by Thea Cable on Sat 15 Dec 17:42:01

Another great painting Julie. Happy New Year to you and I do go to Nature in Art on occasions and would love to meet up sometime.

Posted by Glennis Weston on Tue 01 Jan 20:29:04

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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Water soluble oil and collage. This started as an observational drawing of a nest and sort of grew from there!

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Julie Bosley

I drifted into painting following four years of City and Guilds creative Embroidery where I found I was enjoying the back-up art work almost more than the embroidery. I did an A level in art and design in 2006, and then joined a life painting class. For the last three years I have belonged to a…

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