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Ocelot II

(124,579 posts) Sun Jun 18, 2023, 11:48 PM Jun 2023

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I've painted another bird - a nuthatch this time. The next bird will be a shrike!

Last edited Mon Jun 19, 2023, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)

As always, comments and suggestions are welcome!

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I've painted another bird - a nuthatch this time. The next bird will be a shrike! (Original Post) Ocelot II Jun 2023 OP

I wish I had that talent! Glamrock Jun 2023 #1

Good to see you..been a while Deuxcents Jun 2023 #3

Grassy ass, my amigo! Glamrock Jun 2023 #12

Thanks! Ocelot II Jun 2023 #15

I like it, Ocelot. Diamond_Dog Jun 2023 #2

Thanks! The photographer gets credit for the composition, though. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #16

I didn't know you were so creative. Really nice work Deuxcents Jun 2023 #4

Thanks! Ocelot II Jun 2023 #17

Very well done! I particularly like the way you painted the branch with the peeling bark. MLAA Jun 2023 #5

Thanks! Ocelot II Jun 2023 #18

Looks more like a photo than a painting it's so well done. Fla Dem Jun 2023 #6

Thanks. I still have to fix a few things, now that I look at it. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #19

Beautiful! Your talents and knowledge (deep knowledge) never cease to amaze me. fierywoman Jun 2023 #7

Thank you! Ocelot II Jun 2023 #20

Beautiful work! Greybnk48 Jun 2023 #8

Thank you - there will be more! Ocelot II Jun 2023 #21

These sweet birds have the habit unlike others of going down the tree. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #9

I do like watching them, they are so cute. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #22

You do mahveloush! sprinkleeninow Jun 2023 #10

Thanks! Ocelot II Jun 2023 #23

Awww! Perfect! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2023 #11

Nuthatches are awfully cute, aren't they? Ocelot II Jun 2023 #24

That's beautiful. badhair77 Jun 2023 #13

Thanks! Ocelot II Jun 2023 #25

Wow! bif Jun 2023 #14

Thanks! And I like your work! Ocelot II Jun 2023 #26

Glamrock

(12,000 posts)

1. I wish I had that talent!

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Sun Jun 18, 2023, 11:54 PM

Jun 2023

Deuxcents

(22,045 posts)

3. Good to see you..been a while

Reply to Glamrock (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 12:02 AM

Jun 2023

Glamrock

(12,000 posts)

12. Grassy ass, my amigo!

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 02:34 AM

Jun 2023

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

15. Thanks!

Reply to Glamrock (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 09:53 AM

Jun 2023

Diamond_Dog

(36,841 posts)

2. I like it, Ocelot.

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Sun Jun 18, 2023, 11:58 PM

Jun 2023

Very nice rendering and composition. Well done!

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

16. Thanks! The photographer gets credit for the composition, though.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 09:54 AM

Jun 2023

Deuxcents

(22,045 posts)

4. I didn't know you were so creative. Really nice work

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 12:06 AM

Jun 2023

Great sense of humor, too

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

17. Thanks!

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 09:56 AM

Jun 2023

I can't take credit for creativity, though, since it's from a photograph - the photographer gets that credit.

MLAA

(19,179 posts)

5. Very well done! I particularly like the way you painted the branch with the peeling bark.

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 12:11 AM

Jun 2023

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

18. Thanks!

Reply to MLAA (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 09:56 AM

Jun 2023

Fla Dem

(26,627 posts)

6. Looks more like a photo than a painting it's so well done.

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 12:21 AM

Jun 2023

Wonderful. Truly talented.

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

19. Thanks. I still have to fix a few things, now that I look at it.

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 09:57 AM

Jun 2023

fierywoman

(8,299 posts)

7. Beautiful! Your talents and knowledge (deep knowledge) never cease to amaze me.

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 12:29 AM

Jun 2023

I especially appreciate the richness of the negative space.

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

20. Thank you!

Reply to fierywoman (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 09:59 AM

Jun 2023

I can't take credit for the negative space; the photographer deserves that. And I don't really know that much, I just know how to look stuff up. But thanks for the kind words!

Greybnk48

(10,531 posts)

8. Beautiful work!

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 12:45 AM

Jun 2023

I look forward to seeing more!

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

21. Thank you - there will be more!

Reply to Greybnk48 (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 09:59 AM

Jun 2023

I keep looking for more good bird photos.

LakeArenal

(29,941 posts)

9. These sweet birds have the habit unlike others of going down the tree.

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 01:01 AM

Jun 2023

This small bird is known for its habit of walking not up, but down the sides of trees. This upside-down orientation offers nuthatches a different viewpoint of the bark of a tree, allowing them to reach food that would probably be missed by other birds like woodpeckers.Mar 29, 2021
https://www.lakemetroparks.com › ...
White-breasted Nuthatch: The Upside-Down Tree Walker

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

22. I do like watching them, they are so cute.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #9)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 10:00 AM

Jun 2023

sprinkleeninow

(20,907 posts)

10. You do mahveloush!

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 01:21 AM

Jun 2023

👊
🩷🤍🩵

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

23. Thanks!

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #10)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 10:00 AM

Jun 2023

Rhiannon12866

(233,447 posts)

11. Awww! Perfect!

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 01:57 AM

Jun 2023

And adorable!

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

24. Nuthatches are awfully cute, aren't they?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 10:01 AM

Jun 2023

Considering that, like all birds, they're dinosaurs.

badhair77

(4,848 posts)

13. That's beautiful.

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 06:06 AM

Jun 2023

I love the definition in the shading of the bird and the texture of the branch. Very nice.

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

25. Thanks!

Reply to badhair77 (Reply #13)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 10:01 AM

Jun 2023

bif

(25,340 posts)

14. Wow!

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 08:40 AM

Jun 2023

Amazing work! I wish I had half the talent you have.

Ocelot II

(124,579 posts)

26. Thanks! And I like your work!

Reply to bif (Reply #14)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 10:03 AM

Jun 2023

You do those lovely, whimsical watercolors.

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