Hummingbird by Spencer Lambeth-Angell

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It's lovely and I can see how the metallic paint would work, very nice end result anyway

Looks good but I can understand your disappointment after all the work you have done.

You should be delighted to have produced such adelightful bird in flight Lambeth. It really is very charming.

I’ve used metallic paint a few times, but, like you, found it didn’t photograph well. Nice work.

Like your hummingbird !

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments. It’s such a shame that the camera couldn’t capture the full effect of the metallic watercolour paints.

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15/07/2026
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I was a bit disappointed with this because it was initially painted in watercolour then a layer of metallic paint in various greens and blues were laid over the top as feathers but it did not photograph very well at all.

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Spencer Lambeth-Angell

I only took up painting during the lockdown so a lot of my work is experimental trying to find out what techniques work well for me. Decades ago I trained as a Primary School teacher with art and design as one of my subjects but textiles was my main area of work. I enjoy painting and drawing but am…

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