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Tag Archives: nature
Tell me lies
Got me some flowers to tell me about the seasons. The flowers have spoken. It’s Spring. Hope you have a good weekend-end and a Spring-ful week!
Griffon-climbing Law
Saw this magnificent beast with its splendidly outraged beak in Anglesey Abbey and overheard this conversation between a deadpan Dutch dad and his kids: (click for large griffon-climbing-law-lecture times)
Posted in Comics, Sketchbook
Tagged Anglesey Abbey, children, comics, Dutch, England, families, griffons, Illustration, kids, lies, magnificent beast, nature, sketching, statues, the law
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River Mountain and Monster Landscapes
ok just the one I guess. Based on a painting I saw at a friend’s house (I added one or two elements).
Posted in Critters!
Tagged arts, dragons, humour, Illustration, landscapes, monsters, nature, paintings, river and mountain, watercolours
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Hurrying towards good news
Here is a card that I had sent off and found again when I came back from Taiwan, with the birds I’d spotted in my first few months of being there: I’ve been thinking about doing a bigger, more ambitious one … Continue reading
Posted in BIRDS and their secrets, Cards, Taiwan journal
Tagged Birds, Cards, Illustration, nature, Taiwan, travel
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Taipei Postcards
I will miss living in Taipei, the brilliant crowded overgrown city, the green mountains, the mangrove trees, colourful birds, food culture, endless supply of delicious and exciting drinks, and the lovely people. It was a very special time. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Illustration, Taiwan journal
Tagged arts, bubble tea, Cards, Chiang Kai Shek memorial hall, city, drinks, gardens, Illustration, juice, national palace museum, nature, postcards, Taipei, Taiwan, tea, travel
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Egret Morning Exercises
As demonstrated by the egret of the zhengda river rock.
Posted in BIRDS and their secrets, Illustration, Sketchbook, Taiwan journal
Tagged Birds, egret, egrets, exercises, Illustration, nature, outdoors, rivers, routines, sketchbook, Taipei, Taiwan, travel
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Taipei Botanical Garden
It has been sunny the past week. It’s a bit shocking really. Here is a card I made (which for some reason shows up in enormous size). While walking around the garden troupes of camouflage-clad people kept hurrying past us beladen with … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Sketchbook, Taiwan journal
Tagged arts, berries, Cards, gardens, geese, hawks, Illustration, lizards, nature, parks, plants, sketchbook, spring, sun, Taipei, Taiwan, travel
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Wading bird paradise – a glut of Avocets and Spoonbills
I’ve been wanting to see Avocets (‘Kluut’ in Dutch) for years, and suddenly I got to watch and sketch not one but a whole family through Tineke’s telescope, ideally positioned in her attic. They are the most beautifully elegant birds, … Continue reading
Posted in BIRDS and their secrets
Tagged avocets, birdhut, Birds, cormorants, de blauwe kamer, drawing, ducks, egrets, geese, herons, Illustration, nature, sketchbook, spoonbills, wading birds
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