A New Zealand kea!!

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Great illustration and info David.

Posted by Chris Scott on Wed 24 Jan 14:59:43

Thank you, Chris.

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 24 Jan 15:26:27

Good one David.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Wed 24 Jan 15:28:46

Nicely done David.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Wed 24 Jan 15:56:03

Such an interesting story and a fine looking bird David.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Wed 24 Jan 16:49:12

That's lovely David!

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Wed 24 Jan 20:26:47

Thank you Spencer, Stephen, Carole and Sarah for your kind remarks,

Posted by David Stevens on Wed 24 Jan 21:09:46

Good sketch David

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 25 Jan 08:02:59

Thank you, Heather.

Posted by David Stevens on Thu 25 Jan 08:40:56

Hang on Studio Wall

24/01/2024

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A sketch I completed this morning of this parrot family bird using ink, pencil, soluble watercolour pencils and watercolour paint. I first came across this bird in a car park on Arthur's Pass in the Southern Alps in South Island. They are notorious for "attacking" the rubber sealant strips on the front windscreens of motor vehicles. They certainly had a go at our hire car!!

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David Stevens

I am a retired civil engineer who has been sketching and painting watercolours and acrylics as a hobby for the past twenty years or so. I grew up in Africa and worked in Southern Africa and Botswana for a number of years but have spent the past forty years or so resident in England with my family. I…

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