Lechuza. Barn owl (Tyto alba)

Ver volando una lechuza al atardecer (la hora exquisita de los poetas) es un verdadero placer.

Estas dos versiones de la hora exquisita tienen como protagonistas a la lechuza. Hasn sido pintadas con acrílicos, una sobre tabla (60 x 30 cm) y otra sobre lienzo (20 x 20).

 

Watch a barn owl flying at dusk (when exquisite time for poets) is a real pleasure.

In these two versions of the exquisite hour, the protagonist is barn owl. Both have been painted with acrylics, one on board (60 x 30 cm) and one on canvas (20 x 20).

Johann Moritz Rugendas

Rugendas (1802-1858) was born in Augsburg, Germany, into the seventh generation of a family of noted painters and engravers of Augsburg.
Inspired by the artistic work of Thomas Ender (1793–1875) and the travel accounts in the tropics by Austrian naturalists, Rugendas arrived in Brazil in 1821, where he was soon hired as an illustrator for his first scientific expedition.

 

I should and wanted to be the illustrator of the continent newly discovered by Columbus,

I wanted to show the world what picturesque treasures the tropical world offers since only few organizations are allowed to follow the troublesome career.

I felt called upon to be the pilot of the arts on a field others will then present exhaustingly. (Johann Moritz Rugendas to Alexander von Humboldt)

He began to use oil painting in a new way, oil sketch painting. So Rugendas came early to impresionist painters, only Turner as precedent.

En esta historia novelada con tintes de realismo mágico, el autor muestra al protagonista, Rugendas, el pintor aventurero de la naturaleza, con una necesidad de pintar para reflejar lo vivido, la impresión, la sensación, que se impone a todo lo demás. 

Oveja keiferschaf. Keiferschaf sheep

Oveja keiferschaf (técnica mixta). Keiferschaf sheep (mixed media). Feb. 2012

Pinté esta oveja atraido por las texturas y, especialmente, por la forma en que la luz atravesaba las orejas. El pecho de la protagonista incluye lana auténtica.
En este video se puede ver como pinto. Sobre la bandeja blanca, en la esquina superior derecha se puede ver la lana empleada.

 

I painted this sheep attracted by the textures and, especially by the way the light passed through the ears. The protagonist ewe chest includes authentic wool.
In the video you can see how I paint. On the white tray in the upper right corner you can see the wool used.

"Nido de cuervos" o nido de cornejas (Corvus corone). Carrion crow nest

"Nido de cuervos" o nido de cornejas (Corvus corone). Carrion crow nest

Este cuadro se titula "Nido de cuervos" aunque realmente se trata de un nido de cornejas (Corvus corone). Está pintado sobre tabla con una técnica mixta a base de acrílicos e inluye algunos de los materiales propios de estos nidos: lana, palos, cuerda, trapo e hilo (terminado en febrero de 2012).


El nido de las cornejas negras es de gran tamaño; está hecho a base de ramas y cubierto de lana y hojas secas.

Las cornejas se emparejan para toda la vida.

Ilustración botánica científica

Marta Chirino Argenta es una artista, genial ilustradora botánica. Su CV se puede encontrar en su web
Curriculum de Marta Chirino
Su trabajo merece mucho más que este breve espacio; pero no queremos dejar de enlazar con este turorial en el que Marta explica como realiza su riguroso trabajo de ilustración científica
Cómo realizar un Dibujo Botánico Científico: Ludwigia grandiflora

Laurel Tucker

Laurel Tucker (née Cook) was born in Guernsey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey) in 1951, attending Ladies College before moving to England in 1970 to complete a Degree Course at the Faculty of Art and Design at Bristol Polytechnic.

Laurel was 2nd Bird Illustrator of theYear 1979.

Swift Apus apus on church arch (Laurel A. Tucker)

 

Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla (Laurel A. Tucker)

 I discovered her evocative line-drawings in the book "The Big Bird Race" by Bill Oddie and David Tomlinson (1983); a book I bought in a second hand bookshop a few years ago in Newcastle when I was attracted by its illustrations.

 

Her work can be found in other bird books: the Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic, the RSPB Handbook of British Birds and the MacMillan Guide to Bird Identification.

Sadly this talented young illustrator's life was cut short when she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage aged just thirty-five from which she never regained consciousness. She was working on the Macmillan Field Guide to Bird Identification by Alan Harris, Laurel Tucker and Keith Vinicombe (1989) (she completed 18 of the plates) and on the Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic.

Plovers plate by Laurel Tucker from the Macmillan Field Guide to Bird Id

Plate by Laurel Tucker from the Handbook of Bird Identification

Favourite Bird Artist forum

Interesting topic about bird artists in birdforum.net. It began in October 2003 and it carries on receiving visits. Who are your favourite bird artists?

Interesante tema sobre pintores de aves en birdforum.net. Empezó en octubre de 2003 y continua recibiendo opiniones. ¿Quienes son tus pintores de aves favoritos?

Favourite Bird Artist (forum)