Friday 9 January 2009

Graceful Gull

25 min watercolour pencil in Moleskine sketchbook

Seagulls are fascinating creatures - birds of the sea, they can still instantly fly miles inland to follow the tractor ploughing the fields.

9 comments:

  1. Thank you for becoming a follower. I really admire your commitment to produce a piece of artwork per day in 60 minutes! I know it works!!
    Your seagull is a graceful example of your style

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  2. Thank you for stopping by and adding yourself as a follower. I admire any artist that can produce a piece of art everyday, something I intend to strive for. I love your blog with the poetry and comments you have on each piece .

    It looks like little Ralfi is keeping you on your toes. Very nice portrait and sketch of him in action!

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  3. Hi Theresa

    Thank you for dropping by and for the encouragement. It is much appreciated. Lack of time to actually paint drove me to fitting in quick sketches wherever I can. It makes me feel closer to my art if I can snatch just 10 minutes and I know that it will help improve my work.

    I am hopeful that this will mean when the day comes that I have more time to paint I will be better skilled to get my ideas on canvas.

    Shari

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  4. Hi Carol

    Thank you for your kind words and for dropping by. I really love your painting of Shawna, it has such warmth - something I want to achieve when I paint Ralfi.

    He certainly is a wonderful character and one day I hope to capture that.

    Shari

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  5. I stopped by to thank you for your lovely comments on my site, much appreciated. I have to say that your work here is wonderful. You have such a delicate touch. Especially like this seagull. Great work.
    Are you a member of A&A too?? I joined in Oct I think it was.

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  6. Hi Shez

    Thanks for stopping by. Yes, I am at A&A, I will look out for you there.

    Best wishes

    Shari

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  7. Hello Inky.. thanks for visiting me and glad that you liked what you found at the hermitage :)
    I think your idea of daily sketches is great - something I should do more... the bird is wonderful.. and I particularly like the bluey view sketch further down the page :)
    all bests from the house on wheels :)
    Rima

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  8. Hi Rima and thank you so much for taking the time to visit my humble blog, I am so glad you like it.

    I will be checking out the Hermitage often as it's such an interesting place.

    Best wishes
    Shari

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  9. Hi Shari, Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving your kind comment and thank you for ading me to your list of blogs you follow. I love this sea gull - beautiful color, reminds me of delft.

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