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Black grouse – a new painting
Colin has been working on this painting of black grouse over the last couple of weeks – it was on his easel at the Scottish Game Fair, and it’s now finished. There’s a lovely iridescence in the male’s plumage, and the two greyhens are beautiful in their intricate camouflage. The grass was probably the biggest headache – weaving it around to make it look real! Images copyright © Colin Woolf. More of his work can be seen at www.wildart.co.uk You can read more about black grouse here on The Hazel Tree.
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New woodcock painting: ‘The Secret’
How many people have seen a woodcock carrying its chick in flight? Colin's lovely new painting captures just that... and it's painted with a woodcock's feather!
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Cockshut – lost in the shadows of twilight
The origin of 'cockshut', an age-old term for dusk, lies in the secretive habits of woodcock...