"Teenage Tusker, pastel, watercolour

I began with watercolour and over this I used soft pastel and a Conté pencil.

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"Lion, Lioness" watercolour on Arches 5x7

Pen and pencil hatching over watercolour paint. This adds an element of art to the otherwise photographic rendering of the male and female lions.

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Ron goes ABSTRACT!

Watercolour crayons (yes really, a product by Mungyo) plus Conté pencil and Sharpie. This way up reveals the female figure. Turn the image upside down to see the faces. I'm not really an abstract painter - I got this design from the wallpaper in my bathroom!

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"Thatch" watercolour

Loose and juicy watercolour.

This is Chipping Campden, the pin-point centre of England in my view - halfway between the Cotswolds and Birmingham. Press the image for a bigger view

"lioness Stalking" acrylic 6x8

Here in the true African bush every animal needs to be alert, even the predator such as this lioness. Mr.Lion may be the king but mostly it's the mrs. who provides the meal.

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"Coco" parrot watercolour 5x7

"Coco" is part of my Bird Series. She is a Red-Lored Amazon parrot and is so intelligent.

"Seagull Landing" Bird Series - Fine Art charcoal drawing 5x7 available

My Bird Series is building, here is my Seagull Landing put simply but with strength of line, heightened with white pastel. Go to my Fine Art America site for purchase details.

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"Owl" Bird Series charcoal & white 5x7

As part of my Bird Series I drew this owl in charcoal, based on a newspaper photo by Bruce Stotesbury.

"Crystal Cove Beach" oil 11x14

On the way to Tofino we stopped at Crystal Cove. It was a dull day so I put in a drop of colour here and there.

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OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SHARED THE TRAGEDY OF THE WHALE WATCHING BOAT CAPSIZING OFF TOFINO ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 25th, 2015. WE WERE THERE JUST DAYS BEFORE.

"Nefertiti" most watched art on my blog

To my many FB FRIENDS - here's flying a kite - if you want this 8x10 oil on ply, no frame, go to www.Paypal.com and send $250 to me at PayPal.Me/artistRonWilson it's secure and if you are not yet a PayPal subscriber it only takes a few minutes, and boy, is it handy to collect or to send money.

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"Lighthouse, San Juan Island" - Washington State

'Disappointed that a sale fell through this week but so far 224 other folks are looking at this pastel on Fine Art America (see the link, right). This lighthouse is iconic on the island, and I love the strong verticals and horizontals of the scene. Of course, I love pastels too....

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"Harley in pencil" 7x10

Harley-Davidson is in the news again but it's so iconic, I know that the collector value will keep on going up. Anyhow this actual drawing of mine is available as a print on Fine Art America - different sizes at different prices... Follow the link on my blog.

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Bird Series "Quail" 5x7 available now as orig. or print

Quail charcoal on grey Canson paper. I love these little guys, they're so "grounded" and are real family folk to boot.

This is part of my Bird Series portfolio I'm building, I should have quite a number of sketchy birds for you to peruse now.

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"Crystal Cove Beach" vine charcoal 5x8

This Charcoal is so soft and subtle the real is actually better than the scan - like an original vs a print. Anyhow, this sketch is for a pastel I have in mind. A notan helps me to retain the value range. On the road to Tofino BC. We spoke to some surfer dudes who explained the various types of waves they enjoy.

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My brother-in-law -- pastel 7 x 11

My brother-in-law and my sister invited us to join them on a tour of Europe earlier this year. What fun. We saw a lot, Lindsay knew a lot, having been a tour guide in his youth. Sometimes he knew even more than the local guides who showed us around this time. Thanks you guys.

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My Bird Series - Fine Art charcoal rendering of a hummingbird in flight. 5x7

"Hummingbird" my Bird Series - besides this orignal which is available (contact me for the price), OR, Fine Art America makes prints of my popular paintings and sells them at a reasonable price. Check it out at Ron Wilson on Fine Art America.com

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"patchwork UK" oil on stretched canvas 16x20

From the hilltop of the White Horse of Westbury one can see for miles. I love the design that the successive farmers made over the years.

My Bird Series - Guinea Fowl modern 5x7 inches

My children are selling my Bird Series, here's one such. Ask me at kyknoord@outlook.com

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"Cousin Roger" charcoal 11 x 14

We looked up some distant cousins while we were in London a few months ago. Roger is one of them, drawn with in charcoal highlighted with a white pastel pencil.
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"An English Kitchen" (Yellow Pots) 12 x 24

My eye caught these cast iron yellow enamel pots in the kitchen of our B&B on our last morning in London a couple months ago and I got permission from the owner to paint them. I was going to call them dinosaur pots (why, I don't know) but settled for an English kitchen. Artist Bob Osborne says they are French le Creuset cooking pots and that they last forever.
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