Oystercatchers and sanderlings

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Lovely Emma

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 01 Feb 13:27:01

A lovely almost monochrome, atmospheric painting, Emma. Well done.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Mon 01 Feb 13:56:20

Lovely.

Posted by Denise Cat on Mon 01 Feb 14:03:07

Love your imagery of oyster catcher teachers with a class of sanderlings! Lovely painting.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Mon 01 Feb 15:17:05

Extremely well done .

Posted by Richard Cooper on Mon 01 Feb 16:20:38

Lovely limited palette Emma. Have you tried the 3 primary staining colours.........Winsor blue(red), Alizarin Crimson and Lemon Yellow? If you had used these for the whole of your painting, you could glaze over, using a combination of these colours if you have not painted too thickly, say the tone of your mid distant birds. Hope this might help.

Posted by David Pilgram on Mon 01 Feb 16:40:29

I wouldn't’ have known about back runs if you hadn’t said. I’m glad you haven’t given up on the birds.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Mon 01 Feb 18:59:14

Beautiful

Posted by Romila Datta on Mon 01 Feb 22:16:23

That's lovely Emma.

Posted by Judith Taylor on Tue 02 Feb 06:51:16

Thank you all! David, thanks for that advice; I don’t have Winsor Blue in my palette so will try to get some.

Posted by Emma Price on Tue 02 Feb 07:11:32

Great subject really well painted

Posted by Paul Webb on Tue 02 Feb 08:41:13

A fascinating subject that you've depicted beautifully.

Posted by Avril Soldani on Tue 02 Feb 12:43:31

Thank you Paul and Avril.

Posted by Emma Price on Tue 02 Feb 13:28:17

Hang on Studio Wall

01/02/2021

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The oystercatchers reminded me of stern Victorian teachers keeping the ‘class’ of little sanderlings in line...made the mistake of putting the background wash over the top of the birds, hence some back runs. All a learning curve! Watercolour, 8x12".

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Emma Price

I'm from County Durham, on the northeast coast of England. I sketch and paint for my own enjoyment and relaxation; in particular, looking at the plants, wildlife and landscapes in our local area and attempting to paint them. I hope that you enjoy looking at my paintings - then go and see what…

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