Tiger added to the Big Cat collection.

 Following on from the Golden Eagle, I returned to the big cats and added a Tiger to the Cheetah. I chose to do a cropped in painting with the focus on the eye.

 Final touches were the whiskers, a steady hand was needed there!

The finished piece.

The Golden Eagle.

 Moving back to birds after the Cheetah, I wanted to capture the piercing stare of the Golden Eagle.

Cheetah Painting Completed. June 2015.

The Cheetah painting is now finished and framed, very different from what I'm used to but following on from the Wolf painting I quite like the change. Next I'm back to birds but a close head study such as these of a Golden Eagle.

New Challenge with a Cheetah.

This is the latest work in progress and the piece of art I was working on at The Lodge Spring Fair. Still a few hours work left.

Painting in time for the Spring Fair at The Lodge.

With a Spring Fair at the end of May at The Lodge RSPB, I had been busy trying to get some paintings finished in time to show. I had also been persuaded to paint at the event and so I chose to carry on with the painting currently being worked on. Here are some new paintings that I had completed during May.

Red Grouse

Red Grouse

Red Throated Diver

Common, Chalkhill & Adonis Blue

Common Blue

Chalkhill Blue

Adonis Blue

Chalkhill & Adonis Blue

Common & Chalkhill Blue
The event was good but the weather absolutely ruined the chance of bringing in the public, it was a horrible day weather wise with rain and winds putting the dampers on what would of been a busy day, still never mind, maybe the weather will hold next time.

Bluethroat.

 I chose to paint a Bluethroat for my latest piece of art. I also went smaller this time, around A4 size. 

 I had to get the blue just right, they are such a stunning bird which I have been lucky enough to see all the variations, all lumped under the name Bluethroat but quite different with some showing a white spot on the throat,no spot at all and some with a red spot. This is of the white spotted variety ranging through Southern and Central Europe.

Wolf.

 For my second close up study I went for a Wolf. It was a big move away from my normal topics but I just fancied something different. There's quite a few thousand brush strokes in this painting that's for sure!