Moorhen Preliminary Painting in Moleskine watercolour book approx 6.5"x 5" by Bob Biggart

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This is super! The bird is vibrant with life, and the foliage just sets it off a treat!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Thu 19 Aug 14:21:12

Beautiful!

Posted by anne cooper on Thu 19 Aug 14:21:52

Really good exploratory painting - stands alone in its own right

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 19 Aug 17:00:12

Excellent Bob, very natural setting.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 19 Aug 17:20:00

I like this, the downward viewpoint makes a welcome change. Fine work, Bob.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 19 Aug 17:25:49

Lovely painting Bob -- I especially like the composition with the ripples and reeds leading the eye around the picture and balancing the moorhen, with the scarlet on its beak complementing the greens.

Posted by Colin Cripps on Thu 19 Aug 17:30:10

Lovely painting, certainly stands alone, be interested to see the ‘proper’ one!

Posted by Katy Dean on Thu 19 Aug 19:06:33

It’s looking good, Bob

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 19 Aug 19:15:23

Thank you all for your encouraging remarks. ....now on to the full watercolour!!??

Posted by Bob Biggart on Thu 19 Aug 21:53:46

Great ripples, colours and movement Bob.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Fri 20 Aug 10:18:02

Great Painting Bob... I just finished a painting about Narnia, which I posted today... I am also working on two more... I hope you like them.

Posted by xxxx xxxxxx on Tue 01 Mar 09:35:42

Hang on Studio Wall

19/08/2021

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I photographed this Moorhen in bright sunshine at Throop Mill. It had a number of chicks of various sizes...little black balls of fluff with enormous feet. I didn't know if it would make a "proper" watercolour, so I sketched it in my Moleskine book and did an exploratory painting...on looking at the photo I forgot to draw the hind claw !!, but I'll remember to do it if I paint it again.

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Bob Biggart

I'm an amateur artist who started to paint in watercolours about 1990, when I found that the watercolours I admired in galleries were way beyond my price range. My thinking was that in time I might be able to produce paintings that I could hang on my wall at home, and be happy with. At the…

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