Painting Nature

flowers,mosses,close ups.and diary

2011-03-25T15:31:00.000-07:00

IN this page i hope to entertain those of you who get pleasure from flowers and garden creatures,as well as a diary of what i observe when getting the garden ready for this years visitors ,i would also like to welcome our friends from around the world who visit us from stumbleupon.com i have seen some stunning artwork there.i have many more pictures for you please call again soon.mike...ps i must say the reproduction of my work is second to none on blogspot,i will also feature some painting tuition as i will have a little more time soon that is why i have not been able to work on here,27 MARCH bottom left is a picture i took fri night i was testing a new lens set up i have just made to fit

on my camera,i used cardboard glue elastic bands to make it the lighting was electric,the flowers are real from my garden,but the brimstone which sometimes comes out in the February sunshine after hibernating all winter,has been painted with a brush on the computer,it is not a photograph that has been enhanced with a program,i start with a blank canvas draw the shape then paint it from colour swatches,you may for your own use copy,but my work is not to be reused,or for commercial purposes.bye mike...to view click the brimstone now larger click again scroll to see details..enjoy THE collarge left is of mixed flowers ,the wallflower ,bluebell ,under electric light with my home made set up,taken last year,NEXT a lucky ladybirds tale,PLEASE NOTE IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT,this work for you you may copy these pictures for you own use but

not for commercial or re use,please enjoy mike LEFT is a picture of lucky the ladybird so called as i fished him out of a barrel of water outside my greenhouse when i went to water this years foxgloves im growing early for the bees,he appeared to be dead so i thought i would take him into the house to take some close up pictures but he began to move again,so i put him on a plant and took these pictures.

the first picture in the collage is from guest artist Richard who emailed me to say that something strange had happened when he went into his garden out of nowhere three ladybird landed right next to him i have never seen that in all my years nature study ,it pays to be kind to the weak and to all living things,the north american Indian night.

A lifes work of a street painter.

2011-01-09T17:02:00.000-08:00

Nearly all my life i have been painting pictures,i used to sell my work at craft fairs and shows,and take commissions there as well as wood carving ,many of the drawings you see in my work are done in situ that is outside i also used to have art classes each week with many students,i had a small cabin in the derbyshire hills that i used as a studio with an old stone barn as a gallery and workshop,very beautiful i also had many farm animals and a market garden,organic,i used to trade the vegetables for wood for the wood burner if you look round my various galleries you should find some pictures,I lived here for some ten years with a peaceful mind,and a very beautiful wife the main idea was to study nature,and be as self sufficient as i could be i made some good friends and the whole experience was worthwhile,i then moved into a local village where i am to this day i am now retired and cofortable as i have brought up three children to university standard so my workload is much less now and this is giving me time to consentrate on nature writing and blogging as well as adult teaching,

PEN AND INK WORK

2011-01-09T14:53:00.000-08:00

mike here i hope you are going to like this pen and ink work i have not done any for nearly twenty years,owing to taking care of my family,these drawings are all of derbyshire,on board with rotoring pens,the i used to spend a great deal of my time around these beautiful places,with my escort estate,happy memories live here,

LORDS CUPOLA SMELTING MILL

2011-01-07T12:42:00.000-08:00

This is the lords cupola smelting mill at Middleton dale derbyshire, the poor leadminers of the area used to rent it for a day to smelt their lead ore,below is the stoat and foxglove,

HI TOR MATLOCK BATH DERBYSHIRE

2011-01-07T11:48:00.000-08:00

From an early age this has been one of my favorite places in our beautiful county,that being Derbyshire i have spent many happy hours here,one day i would love to go there again,who knows i may,

hi im micktheartist

2011-01-06T15:03:00.000-08:00

hi and welcome to my world i have not been here for a while this certainly is a good blogsite,and look forward to meeting new worldwide friends here and we can share our love of nature now that i am retired as a street artist and my family is all grown up i have more time to dedicate to those who keep me company on these blogs and galleries,last month we recieved 36,000 hits from 48 countries pluss these on here,have you ever thought of learning to paint and draw but have been put of owing to the fact you think you cant,well i intend to try to change all that for you i would like to invite you to my teaching studio that will hand in hand work with this blog please visit us and let us know what you think just type in your browser learning-to-paint.com and join us

sting in the tail

2009-06-13T15:41:00.000-07:00

i have seen and took many comical pictures,this wasp comes with his own sunglasses,this is taken with a ww1 field glass lens,i assembled myself,no fancy cameras here, they are are held in place with a hair bobble i just have to point and hope for the best as i cant see the subject through the lens.

male female sparrows

2009-06-13T15:29:00.000-07:00

noisy,greedy,but can be beautiful in the right sunlight,they are not to be found in wild places at all,usually build their nests in groups high up on houses hence the noise,they return every year to the same place to nest,when they mate it is for life so it is sad if one dies young,they often fall out ahd have their own justice called a sparrow court,the offender is tried the if guilty is pursued by the rest sometimes it is killed by them,they will eat almost anything,sometimes build a nest in a wall,from three to five eggs,and can have three broods per year,can survive the hardest of winter conditions that would kill most other birds.

hi im the garden crow

2009-06-13T15:10:00.000-07:00

im crowy as i sit at my computer near the window all of a sudden the tree branches start to bend and shake as crowy flies in he has great difficulty getting to the feeder owing to his large wing span he has to hop and jump there,they will eat almost anything small animals, insects,seeds and scraps,if their food has a hard shell it will be carried to a height and then dropped the bird then follows it down and breaks it open on the ground,these birds are very intelligent the nest is large usually built in the fork of a tree,made from twigs and sticks lined with wool and hair,possibly from sheep,lays 4or5 eggs, they screech loudly when angry both parents feed the young and is the only bird to play games with its young.

white beauty

2009-06-13T14:42:00.000-07:00

i like the way this image stands out against the dark background every year i grow lots of flowers to attract mother nature, im hoping to see the painted lady this year as i did not see one last,so far i have seen one blue,browns,whites,peacock,i shall be showing those who are interested in painting watercolour notes,of these flowers perhaps you could start you own nature sketchbook,ideal for those who are not able to leave their home or computer far,

big eyes that seem to say thankyou

2009-06-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

one morning when i visited my greenhouse i saw this beautiful lady caught in a spiders web so i freed her and set her free my reward was these beautiful pictures and her big dark eyes that seemed to say thankyou .

the browns speckled wood

2009-06-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

you can find this attractive creature where woodland provides some shade with dappled sunlight through the trees,the spots on its wings represents falling rays of sunshine makes it hard to see when in situ,it is now a common butterfly again often visits gardens with tall trees and long grass.

eyes on her wings

2009-06-13T14:07:00.000-07:00

the eye spots you see are to deter birds when she flashes her wings, seen here on the buddleia bush its main flight is from June onwards,the years survivors overwinter till next spring to produce the next generation.

majestic peacock

2009-06-13T13:44:00.000-07:00

this is the majestic peacock,with wings of fire she visits my garden,all the photos taken are using close up lenses i have made from various optical equipment chosen for quality,one is a ww1 field glass lens it is superp this gives me unique pictures,all the pictures are trial and error as the camera is not equipped for this task and i cant see the image,many pictures have been taken to get one just right,

Red Admiral

2009-06-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

Hi im mike welcome to my world of beauty and nature all the photos and bird song has been recorded in my own garden,flowers were planted to attract butterflies and insects feeders are used to try to preserve our tender birds in winter and summer to help them breed,if you click the home page link to my web galleries you can learn to paint basic watercolor notes all downloads teaching is free in the name of art,art is best when it is free ..............
madona...as it from the heart,i very much hope you enjoy your visit to my lifes work if i can help you in any way dont hesitate to ask,kindest regards micktheartist.

Painting nature in water colour

2009-06-13T04:30:00.000-07:00

This page is dedicated to those who may like to start painting basic water colours with the intentions of starting a nature sketch book. you can find various painting tuition on different galleries if you click the link below i will also put some notes on on each little painting blog, as the spring is fast on us i will help those of you who may like to start a basic sketch book for those cold rainy days as well as some simple landscape to get you started,you can also see some of my other work at below i am very sorry it has took so long for me to get started on this page but i will make up for it also visit home page of this blog thankyou for your kind visit,mike
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