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Book reviews

Surprising sights and the role of the imagination

January 28, 2022

Looking at Birds is aptly subtitled ‘an antidote to Field Guides‘. John is making the point that identifying birds is only the beginning, and that to be open to other ways of watching birds will greatly enhance our time spent doing it.  He suggests that we should enjoy the “many times when, because of light […]

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A new project

January 21, 2022

Happy New Year to everyone and a big welcome to all our new followers. Just to let you know that my new project will be to add more of the original drawings from ‘Looking at Birds’ to the website. Some are already here in the book illustration gallery   but there are plenty more in my […]

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Book Review – TLS, Mark Cocker

April 26, 2018

Land Marks and Sea Wings “The author’s photograph used on the dust jacket for this lovely volume of paintings depicts the artist looking a remarkable twenty to thirty years younger than his true age. Perhaps it’s this famous vitality that has allowed John Busby, now well into his eighth decade, to sustain a reputation as […]

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Good Reads Website – Drawing Birds

October 25, 2016

This link should take you to the Good Reads website

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Book Review – Drawing Birds 1st edition

October 25, 2016

First Edition Drawing Birds

Drawing Birds: an RSPB guide. FIRST EDITION This review by British Birds magazine was written by Ian Lewingon John Busby is known as being a master of line and movement in bird art. Who better to produce this book explaining his thoughts and techniques of drawing birds. His ability to express himself and to describe […]

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Book review – SOC magazine

October 18, 2016

Lines from Nature book cover

  “Busby’s curiosity about and delight in the natural world jump from every page of this book. Each picture captures an energy so much more vivid than many photographs.” A recent SOC magazine carried a review by Mark Boyd of Lines from Nature. SOC – Scotland’s Bird Club John Busby was widely recognised as a master of […]

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Book review – BBC Wildlife magazine

July 27, 2016

Lines from Nature book cover

The August 2016 edition of BBC Wildlife Magazine carried a six page article about Lines from Nature showcasing selected highlights from the book. Arguably among the most influential British wildlife artists of the post-war period thanks to his bestselling books, John Busby had a gift for capturing the essence of a species with just a […]

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Book Review – Aubrey Art Gallery

July 22, 2016

Land Marks and Sea Wings by John Busby

  Landscape and birds have been twin passions in John Busby’s life for more than 70 years. In Land Marks and Sea Wings, John’s paintings and drawings spanning more than half a century are accompanied by his perceptive writings. From the Yorkshire of his youth John takes us to his adopted Scotland and on his […]

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Book Review – Birdwatch magazine

July 22, 2016

Looking at Birds book cover

  This book is a little gem which will bring joy and amusement to the reader. If an artist has a gift, then it is surely his ability to share a personal vision and to reveal the world in a fresh way to the viewer. John Busby has been doing just that for more than […]

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Book Review – Emily N Howard

July 22, 2016

John Busby’s Drawing Birds and Looking at Birds Posted on January 25, 2015 by Emily A couple of days ago, a package came in the mail which contained a very thoughtful gift for me from my husband: a copy of Drawing Birds by the British wildlife artist John Busby. It’s now the second book of Busby’s […]

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