Blue cheeked Bee Eaters by Rebecca Louise Saunders

Colourful painting, Rebecca, but not too many of these bee eaters please - we're doing our best to keep our remaining hive strong to survive the winter and don't need anything eating them!

Rebecca, this is so nice and colourful. I'm really enjoying your bird paintings :)

Hi Jane :-) i totally agree with you :-) i like bees and know they need protecting :-) these birds just caught my eye with their green colouring :-) im happy that you like it :-)

im so pleased you are enjoying the birds i paint Sarah, that has made my day :-) thank you :-)

There is a lot of fun in these birds ,really like the way you have portrayed them.

Hi David :-) thanks so much for looking and commenting :-) i have not heard of these birds before, it is sad they eat bees, it should be wasps and hornets :-) the photo for my reference is from www.arkive.org loads of animals/insects on there that i have printed off wallet size (9 per A4 sheet of paper) and cut them out, stick them in my inspiration book that is about A6 in size. Im glad you like them :-)

Love this, Rebecca, especially the palette! Agree with David, there's such a sense of fun in your paintings!

i am honoured you think so Seok :-) your paintings are far ahead of mine :-)