Bateleur Eagle (Watercolour on Arches 140lb Not approx 7x5")

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Really good Bob and I particularly like how you've painted his breast feathers

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 03 Jun 05:59:34

Nice one Bob.

Posted by Rikke Jergyes on Fri 03 Jun 07:26:51

I like the way you have done the feathers, its a strong painting.

Posted by valerie harper on Fri 03 Jun 09:20:48

Great work Bob.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Fri 03 Jun 09:28:04

Aww lovely 😍

Posted by Faye Patrick on Fri 03 Jun 09:29:36

I really like this, Bob -- it is full of life and I can believe that bird is looking at me

Posted by Colin Cripps on Fri 03 Jun 17:37:01

Thanks for taking the time to comment, much appreciated, Bob.

Posted by Bob Biggart on Fri 03 Jun 21:19:29

Hang on Studio Wall

02/06/2022

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My wife and I visited Liberty's Owl, Raptor and Reptile Sanctuary near Ringwood a couple of weeks ago and I managed to get some decent photos of some of the birds...but the netting does get in the way a bit. However, they were good enough for reference photos. Tom Shepherd gives very helpful advice on YouTube for painting birds in a loose way, but I'll never get as loose as him. He did do a head view of a Bateleur Eagle. My painting is a bit less loose, and done from my own photo reference.

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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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