Some more field work from the almost past year: Common Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Wigeon, Red-necked Grebe, Brambling, Horned Grebe and Steller's Eider (all watercolour). The latter one definitely the highlight of the last month for me as there are almost none showing up these days along the Polish coast, mainly due to diminishing numbers wintering in the southern Baltic. In the 80's it was a regular winter visitor, less so in the 90's, from 2000's sighted only every 2 or 3 years.

It is almost beginning of winter and like each year Purple Sandpiper takes up its winter residence in Hel fishing port  (ink with bamboo sketch pen and watercolour).

Recent works: Redstart (watercolur), Ruff and Grey Plover (Derwent Drawing pencils)

 Drawing of Merlin viewed perched the other day on the withered pine tree at Hel Peninsula. Not that common, but not a rarity either.

 September sketches of White Wagtail and Wood Sandpiper (watercolour and fountain pen).

Caspian Gull, Hel fishing port (fountain pen and inktense pencils).

Yesterday I found  Yellow-browed Warbler close to the railway station in Hel (Inktense pencils and fountain pen).

And more filedwork  from September. Ruff, Eiders, Common Gulls, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher. Derwent Inktense or Drawing pencils.

 

 

Some field sketches from few weeks ago.

 

Juvenile Common Gull and Lesser Whitethroat, Hel Peninsula (watercolour)

 

1-st calendar year Cormorant and Black-headed Gulls.

Caspian Gull, photo based study, watercolour

Rozewie lighthouse, northernmost Poland.

And now something completely different...

Some recent works. More advanced work of Black Guillemot (done with inktense blocks) and watercolour sketches of Redstart and Starling.

 Recently not really much time for birding , but one way or another I have managed to find some time to visit seaport in Hel (Long-tailed Ducks) and do some window sketching (Common Gulls). I have  added a fountain pen with waterproof ink to my drawing tools, it gives a nice vivid outline.