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sam harvey wildlife artist and illustrator skip to main skip to sidebar sam harvey wildlife artist and illustrator saturday 19 january 2013 hyacinth macaw well it s that time of year again when it s time to enter the dswf wildlife artist of the year competition i seem to always enter the endangered species category probably because unfortunately the most beautiful animals on this planet are now threatened with extinction the hyacinth macaw is a perfect example a truly stunning bird it has been on the iucn red list as endangered since the year 2000 due to the destruction of it s habitat and being captured for the pet trade so as such i thought it would be the perfect subject to paint for this year s competition the most difficult challenge was recreating that vivid blue plumage i used a mix of ultramarine cobalt blue and intense blue i wanted a bit of contrast against the blue so i added some purple as a highlight and paynes grey as a shadow i kept the feather detail to a minimum as i wanted the colours to merge and run into each other to create texture and pattern let s keep fingers crossed that the judges like this painting enough to include it in this year s exhibition posted by sam harvey at 07 27 no comments tuesday 1 january 2013 gordon setter it seems fitting for me to begin 2013 with a new blog post which admittedly has been a long time coming i must admit i have been quite lax with my art in recent months but i aim to be much more prolific this year this piece is a christmas present commission that i painted in early december dogs are a subject i rarely paint but after this i think they are something i should tackle more often this gordon setter proved to be a beautiful subject for watercolour the rich blues blacks and golds in the fur are a striking combination when blended together and the fluffy fur was fun to paint with my messy splatty brushstrokes i think it actually looks like she has just emerged from a good swim in a pond what i feel is most successful is that there is a lot of life in the face of the setter with any animal i always put a lot of time into getting the eyes right which gives the piece a great sense of character posted by sam harvey at 07 49 1 comment sunday 3 june 2012 tala it has been quite a while since i last picked up a paintbrush i don t have any excuses i suppose i have just had a block of some sort however as i comeback i wanted to attempt a subject i haven t tried before any young animal is a challenge and i thought a great subject would be a puppy this is tala my parents new german shepherd i kept the paint application very loose working on very wet paper allowing the colours to bleed into one another i later added darker patches onto the still wet paper to add shadow and tone adding extra water where i wanted lighter fur areas the finishing touch was some smaller splashes and flicks of thicker paint to highlight her fluffiness the most difficult part of her to paint were her eyes i added bright highlights of white to make them shine then wet the paint around the pupils and lifted it with some tissue to further highlight the colour of the irises i don t normally work this loosely but i think i will try and do it more in the future as i am very pleased with the effects in other news i have submitted 3 paintings to the 2012 national exhibition of wildlife art fingers and toes crossed that they shortlist at least one of my paintings posted by sam harvey at 12 00 no comments monday 2 january 2012 tiger in water believe it or not tigers like nothing better than to cool off in lakes and streams and will even hunt in water the most famous tigers to display this behaviour are those in ranthambore national park india as tigers are incredibly threatened at the moment i thought they would make the perfect subject for this years dswf wildlife art competition this is actually my second attempt at this image i did not anticipate how hard the reflections could be they can very easily turn into a big watery and muddy mess i kept them very simple by wetting the shape of the reflection area then adding loose blobs of either red orange or blue black once the area had almost dried i added the surrounding water letting some areas run into the reflection i put the most detail into the tiger s head i used layers of fine brush splatters to create a furry appearance more so on the longer fur under the ears i have kept the background neutral as this means the main focus is on the tiger and the water foliage or riverbank could easily make the image muddy and dull after some reassurance i am now happy with this watercolour and will enter it in the endangered category along with the red breasted geese wish me luck posted by sam harvey at 08 48 no comments monday 7 november 2011 eider duck i will be completely honest and say this painting was a pain in the backside to do usually my subjects are quite static so this time i wanted to add a bit of action and have the duck rising out of the water and stretching it s wings i watched 2 eider ducks bathing in the late afternoon light at the wwt wetland centre so had plenty of reference but i just could not get the wings correct i spent ages sketching out the lines in pencil and even when i applied the paint the right wing looked pinioned and at an incorrect angle even so i perserveared and eventually produced an image i am fairly happy with what i enjoy the most about this image is the water splashing the page roughly with blue and black ink created some great movement and the colours on the bird are soft and warm my next aim is to produce something for the david shepherd wildlife artist competition a tiger will be the best subject for the endangered category methinks posted by sam harvey at 04 59 1 comment tuesday 25 october 2011 red breasted geese on saturday my mum and i visited the wwt reserve in barnes west london it was a beautiful sunny day and perfect for watching all the lovely wildlife there my favourite wildfowl there were the eider ducks and these colourful red breasted geese they were lit up by the late afternoon sun and just crying out to be painted this was quite an ambitious image for me to paint in watercolour water is one of the trickiest things to paint especially when coupled with reflections i took inspiration from lars johnson s watercolours of wildfowl he uses simple loose brushstrokes on wet washes to produce a loose impression of the bird in the water he also uses the white of the paper to illuminate the subject i have a habit of covering even the white parts of my subjects with colour so i wanted to try this method instead i am quite pleased with this image as it is my first painting since the summer the red black and white of these birds make a lovely contrast and i will probably re visit them again to paint but first i am going to try some eiders posted by sam harvey at 07 37 no comments labels red breasted geese watercolour wwt sunday 4 september 2011 poland cockerel whilst visiting wiltshire with my boyfriend last weekend we walked past a farm and saw this weird but wonderful cockerel this breed of chicken is called a poland it s most eye catching feature is the fantastic hairdo which reminds me of david bowie s character jareth from the film labyrinth if you haven t seen this film already watch it it s amazing unfortunately the feathers over his eyes seemed to completely obscure his vision every time the wind blew and the leaves rustled it ran around erratically not knowing what on earth was going on however i just had to paint him i had to paint him in sections otherwise the different reds and browns would have blended into each other looking at this painting has made me realise that i really need to do something with my backgrounds i need to introduce more colour around the subject instead of just a small area at it s feet i think this will have to be my project going forward posted by sam harvey at 06 12 no comments labels chickens poland 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