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Looking at Birds

published Langford Press 2013

Original illustrations from the book Looking at Birds now available for sale.

See also the book review  and  books

Pictures with a <buy now> link are available from our online shop. The others are also for sale but may take longer to send to you. Please contact us about them

 

click on the pictures for details

A Bare-fronted Hoodwink?
unsigned drawing with colour 13 x 15 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.93
Arctic Skua and tern
unsigned drawing with colour 10 x 10 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p 61
Black-winged Stilt and Fiddler crab
unsigned watercolour 11 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.90
Blackbird colour contrasts
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 19 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.77
Dunlin with...
unsigned pen drawing with colour 17 x 14 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.3 Dunlin in size comparison with a Greater Black-backed Gull, a Little Stint, and a starling
Cranes pair bonding
unsigned drawing with colour 16 x 24 cm £200 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.10
Hiding strategies - diver
unsigned watercolour 8 x 11 cm paired with 'Grebe diving' £90 for both buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.35
Dodecahedron
signed drawing 10 x 16 cm in A4 mount £90 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.13
Fan-tailled Warbler 1
unsigned pen and wash drawing 10 x 10 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.31 (we also have a very similar drawing)
Hiding strategies - Grebe
unsigned watercolour 8 x 11 cm paired with 'Diver flattening' £90 for both buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.19
Hen Harrier loop the loop
unsigned pen and wash drawing 13 x 16 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.53
Dust-bathing House Sparrow 1
unsigned watercolour 10 x 10 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.28
house sparrow dust bathing 2
unsigned watercolour 10 x 11cm £100 illustration from Looking at Birds p.28
Knot, hiding 'en masse'
unsigned drawing 10 x 11.5 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.36
Lapwing song flight
unsigned watercolour 21 x 14 cm £130 buy now very similar to illustration in Looking at Birds p.50
Marsh Harrier and Moorhen
unsigned watercolour 13 x 11 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.64
Merlins hunting
unsigned watercolour 14 x 12.5 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.59
Migrating Geese
unsigned watercolour 13 x 13.5 cm £120 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.96
Mute Swan swimming under water
unsigned watercolour 11 x 23 cm £130 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.69
Raven riding a swaying branch
unsigned pen drawing with colour 11 x 11.5 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.57
Raven flying upside down
unsigned pen and wash drawing 8 x 11 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.53
Ringed Plover distraction display
signed watercolour 12 x 15 cm in A4 mount £165 buy from SOC online art shop illustration from 'Looking at Birds' p44
Rival drakes
unsigned drawing with colour 11 x 15 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.63
Sheltering Sanderlings 2
unsigned pen drawing with colour 9 x 19 cm £130 very similar (marked as 'spare') to illustration in Looking at Birds p.57
Sea eagle attack dive
unsigned drawing 8 x 21 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.64
Snipe drumming dive
unsigned pen and wash drawing 12 x 12 cm £75 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.51
Snowy Owl ruffling feathers
watercolour, unsigned 11 x 11 cm in mount 20 x 20cm £100 buy now illustration from Looking at Birds p45
Sunset estuary with heron
unsigned watercolour 16 x 22 E130 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.79
Swallows gathering
unsigned watercolour 15 x 20 cm £130 buy now very similar to illustration in Looking at Birds p97
Tern Reflection
unsigned watercolour 14.5 x 12 cm £100 buy now original illustration from Looking at Birds p.69
Wood pigeon light and shade
unsigned watercolour 20 x 14 cm £130 buy now the lower picture is an illustration from Looking at Birds p.15

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