Another little precarious bird balanced on a tea cup, starting to get some work together for my autumn exhibition at @theoldcoastguard , hopefully you can just pick our the pattern inside the cup and underneath it... not sure why 100% but if there is no pattern it just doesn't feel finished 😊 wip

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I found 3 moths in my studio this morning, when tidying up before I start painting...

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I am excited to announce that I will soon have some new greetings cards! including this one, to add to my barn owl collection.

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Getting ready to send out my studio insights and free zine, with added retro bubble writing 🤣 graphic designers look away! It will be on the theme of the blackbird, with facts, stories, top tips, poetry ... you can sign up to my monthly email and first zine using the link in my profile

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My little bird table flock are ravenous today bless them, this heavy rain and wind is not helpful if you are feeding a family, so they have had 2 extra feeds today... #birdonacup

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Ends 31st at midnight...

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Whilst I thinking of buzzards this is one of the paintings I did for my 30 day challenge in June and is available in my online shop with 50 % to Mousehole wildbird hospital until tomorrow 31st

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Beautiful Buzzard (Belle I think) being flown at @cornishbirdsofpreycentre

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Looking back through buzzard photos today, I found this, lucky shot, I always have my camera to hand and take lots of photos but most are consigned to the recylce bin...which is fine as they are just reference for my paintings, but just occasionaly I get something interesting...

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I met a couple of Ravens today... at the @cornishbirdsofpreycentre who sadly cant be set free, such a pleasure to be close to such spectacular birds... fantastic flying displays from a variety of beautiful birds of prey and a very informative and enlightening talk which gave me plenty to think about! They like the Mousehole wildbird hospital do an amazing job of patching up and releasing many wild birds each year. I will be returning for certain...😊

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Yesterday I was down near a beach at a noisy event it was absolutely packed with people coming and going, but throughout the day there were sand martin's and swallows dodging around the people trying to carry on as normal... it so clearly represented the themes in my new paintings... I was delighted to see them but felt their work was made so much harder (unintentionally) by the activities of people.

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FInal few days of my charity sale, with 50% of proceeds going to Mousehole Wildbird Hospital please feel free to share and pop over to my online shop https://ift.tt/30ct3UG you can get a 20% discount if you use code Thanks7. . . . . . #wildlifeillustration #artsale #britishbirds #charitysale #20%off #wildlife #mouseholwildbirdhospital #artforsale #charitysale #lovenature #wildbirdhospital #birdcharity #wildbird #wildlifepainting #enjoynature #naturelover #contmeporarypainting #birdlover #nativewildlife #art #artwork #originalartforsale #wildlifegift #birdwatcher #artgift #uniquegift #oneofforiginal

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It was lovely to visit one of my favourite galleries today @nttrelissick where my printmaking is on show with @cornwall_crafts , alongside @lisawisdomartist @charlottejonesceramics @pauladowningceramics.co.uk Geraldine Jones, Shelahh Spear, Mary English, Jenny Beavan and many other highly skilled crafts people.

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Another little bid on a cup today ... reminding me to make sure they have water... because having said it was cooler this morning ...it hot in Cornwall now!

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Rook and the sun. Linocut Lovely and sunny here today, it's not been as hot in Cornwall as other places... and the air definitely feels fresher..

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This afternoon my studio insights letter will go out giving a final special offer with a few extra paintings you can sign up using link in my profile, fhe sale ends on the 31st July (50% to Mousehole wildbird centre)

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Painting balancing garden birds again today, my garden is full of Robin's at the moment of a variety of ages... ❤❤❤

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I just love it when I actidentally catch something like this... #happyaccident

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I just re-found this beautiful nest in a cupboard...its so fragile now and only about the size of my fist, I had had it so long I cant remember where it came from ...I should label things!

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A collection of 9 of the paintings made for my 30 day challenge. They are for sale until the end of the month, I am raising money for the Mousehole bird hospital so 50% of the proceedes go to them. . . Www.suzysharpe.co.uk

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Birds on teacups ... something about the precarious balance that our wildlife is held in, they cam about through using teacups as bird feeders but I cant help seeing the metaphors

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My 30 day challenge paintings sale will finish on the 31st July, I will be sending a little extra offer out to my studio insights subscribers on Friday. 50% of the proceeds will go to Mousehole Wildbird Hospital. If you would like to find out more there are links in my profile. Please share if you can and thank you for all your support so far! 😊

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Garden birds acrobatics .... a blue tit on the hog weed!

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A snippet of my lapwings painting on my easel today... still a work in progress ....,#inthestudio #workinprogress . . . #wildlife #lapwing #wildlifeartist #birdart #farmlandbird #britishbird #moorlandbird #wildlifepainting #wildlifeart #lapwingpainting #countryliving #birdwatcher #birdlover #naturelover #cornwall #birdsofcornwall #artofcornwall #cornwallart #suzysharpe #birdwatching #watchingbirds #narrative #birdmigration #illustration

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When I was in infant school we had a nature table and were encouraged to collect things to share on it... I can never resist collecting things but never know what to do with them...they seem so precious, so I think I will start photographing them... it some how makes something more of them 😊

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At this time of year I am always delighted to hear the piercing and incessant call of a young buzzard as its parents train it for the wider world, it started at breakfast this morning and I suspect it will continue for most of the day...a good sign that they are still breeding and doing well 😊. . 30 day challenge painting... watercolour and mixed media on watercolour paper approx. 29 x 21cm. . Its in my online shop with 50% to help the fantastic work of the Mousehole Wildbird Hospital.. www.suzysharpe.co.uk.

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Lovely day in the studio today painting Lapwings...working out compositions and preparing for some painting on larger canvas tomorrow.

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Finished sketch from previous timelapse...😊

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I have been delighted to have blackbirds visiting my bird table recently with a change of food...they seem to love sultanas particularly, great to know that they are actually doing quite well after a difficult time between the 70s - 90s so something positive to start the week!

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One of my gorgeous young great tits on his visit to my bird table... acrylic sketch...

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Lots of crows 😍

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Good to find that some things I do really work...Since I started gardening with wildlife in mind ...I have loads more wildlife! Many plant were already here some only provide a bit of cover but I only buy plants now which are beneficial for wildlife or edible ... do you have a favourite wildlife plant ?

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Only a few of these left now, if anyone would like to help support the work of Mousehole wildbird hospital by buying a painting... Www.suzysharpe.co.uk

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It's a lovely morning in Cornwall... so I thought I would share this smiling but slightly suspicious fox with you 😊 . . . . www.suzysharpe.co.uk

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Getting in to my bird of the month with lots of lovely research and a little painting... the first bird I saw after my Nans death was a blackbird, so I always think of her when I see them.. she had a similar busy friendly personality 😊 To receive the finished free downloadable zine you can sign up for my studio insights

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Bird of the month!..I said I was going to make a little zine/booklet download to go out with my monthly studio insights? Well my first bird will be a Blackbird 😊 I hope to complete it before the end of July!

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Twany Owl Another previously unseen 30 day challenge painting... watercolour and mixed media on watercolour paper approx. 29 x 21cm. . Its in my online shop with 50% to help the fantastic work of the Mousehole Wildbird Hospital.. www.suzysharpe.co.uk

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One of my little garden cuties... ❤ Acrylic on paper

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More about my process on my blog... 'making it hard for myself' 🤣

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#ThrowbackThursday I have just written a blog post if you would like to read it about the process I now go through with my paintings to stop me from getting too wrapped up in detail...and why I do it. This one was painted in 1995. Link in profile

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This is one of my preliminary sketches/paintings of a Balearic Shearwater for a very exciting project I was asked to take part in. The finished painting (slightly different to this one) has been sent to @btobirds to be published in a new bird conservation book which combines the work 67 artists and authors, birds which are on the red listed. Profits from the sale of the artwork and the book when it is released will help conservation projects. Shearwaters are amazing burrow nesting birds and very prone to predation by both mamals and other sea birds, I spent sometime on @skokholm_island and @skomer_island where Manx Shearwaters bread a few years ago, it was a trurly unforgettable experience and therefore a pleasure to do something to try to help thier Balearic cousins. . .

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I havent had so many blue tits on the garden this year but it is good to see a few young ones around... I am hoping to add to my bird in a cup collection soon and the Hillside Farm blue tits were the main characters last time...

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Only 2 weeks left for my charity paintings sale with 50% of the proceeds to Mousehole wildbird hospital it finishes on 31st July

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Another little of my garden cuties... I have just been reading a @btobirds article about the decline on House Sparrows in London...very interesting, definitely worth a read link in their bio...

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The @rspb_love_nature are asking people to report swift sighting there is a link on their profile ...this little swift painting is a previously unseen 30 day challenge painting... . www.suzysharpe.co.uk. . .

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Tumultuous backgrounds 😊 #inthestudio #wip

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So many of my Barn owls have flow of to new homes this month but I do still have this one . . . www.suzysharpe.co.uk

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Another previously unseen 30 day challenge painting... watercolour and mixed media on watercolour paper approx. 29 x 21cm. . Its in my online shop with 50% to help the fantastic work of the Mousehole Wildbird Hospital.. www.suzysharpe.co.uk

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Such a little character! Really loving watching my garden birds this summer...

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Collaging Barn Owl drawings over abstract landscapes ... I still enjoy this process, I am finding it endlessly creative of possibilities all whilst thinking about the world that our wildlife navigate and the way they appear to us as fleeting glimpses.... . . . . . .

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