Connie the Collared Dove

Comments

Super drawing Val, it's perfect!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Wed 04 Apr 17:32:24

Beautiful bird and lovely coloured pencil work Val

Posted by Glennis Weston on Wed 04 Apr 18:11:17

Love the detail in the pencil work and the subtle colours of Connie - Nice work Val!!

Posted by Debs Jones on Wed 04 Apr 18:55:49

Thanks Louise, Glennis and Debs your comments are very welcome and appreciated. Ooops, that should read Luminance not Liminance pencils.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Wed 04 Apr 22:49:27

I agree with the above comments, Val: beautiful.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Wed 04 Apr 22:52:09

What a great study Val - nice work

Posted by Michael Edwards on Thu 05 Apr 06:42:29

Connie is beautiful Val, an excellent job!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 05 Apr 15:55:50

Oh Val...How familiar is this! Her relatives all sit in my ash tree and nick every bit of food they possibly can from my much smaller birds!!! But isn't she lovely!

Posted by Ruth Dolan on Thu 05 Apr 18:24:54

This is prettyu special Val, the detail and colour study is first class, really think this is a great one to add to your portfolio, like this a lot, well done.

Posted by graham turpie on Thu 05 Apr 19:00:06

Many thanks Mia, Michael, Fiona, Ruth, Graham and Kirstie, from me and from Connie :):):)

Posted by Val Kenyon on Thu 05 Apr 22:55:09

A really lovely painting, Val. Love the many subtle shades that blend so well together.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Fri 06 Apr 15:48:34

Thank you Seok. Looking forward to seeing your paintings from your latest travels.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Fri 06 Apr 23:50:40

Just beautiful, I have a Seagull named Percy .

Posted by karyl Quigley on Sun 07 Apr 08:24:10

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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Another daily visitor to my garden, meet Connie the Collared Dove, best pal of Woody the Woodpigeon. :) This was a challange on another forum I did last month. Caran d' Ache Liminance coloured pencils on cartridge paper. Thanks for taking a peek.

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Val Kenyon

I am a self taught artist or, as I like to say, I'm "unrestricted by formal teaching" which probably explains my mish mash of styles. I paint in most media, watercolour, gouache, oil, coloured pencil and my favourite, soft pastels. I'm inspired by the Scottish landscape, nature and animals and…

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