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I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:47 pm
by InTheAir
kind of...
Obviously I am not a visual artist, but I got inspired by Nila playing with his water colours and decided to get out my coloured pencils.
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I've just discovered that my boyfriend leaves his photobucket account logged in on his computer, so now I can post photos all by myself!

I want to learn to draw simple colour cartoons of birdies now. Nila is always being cute and funny.

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:11 pm
by Skyes_crew
Maybe you could start up a comic book just for Nila. :D

I'm surprised he wasn't saying peeeeeeekabooooooo!!!!! :lol:

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:12 pm
by ellieelectrons
Lovely Claire :)

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:06 pm
by MissK
Claire,
InTheAir wrote: Obviously I am not a visual artist,
My dear, I beg to differ. Your drawings are absolutely charming.

-MissK

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:06 am
by InTheAir
Thanks guys.
I'd love to make Nila comic strips! He's so funny.
My favourite sequence, which is too tricky for me to draw, is the one where he climbs into my handbag when I'm not looking and disappears. I then spend ages running around the house calling him and panicking, while he quietly consumes my wallet and anything else he finds in there! I'm getting better at checking in my handbag before I start freaking out, but he still catches me out sometimes.

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:16 am
by MissK
Hahaha! Bird in the handbag sounds like very fertile ground. You can do that. Just go one bit at a time, and don't draw distracted. We'll be delighted if you do!

-MissK

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:30 am
by Melika
Will we have a monthly Nila comic now? :D

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:39 am
by Skyes_crew
I got a mental visual of Nila and you playing Hide and Seek :lol:

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:29 pm
by InTheAir
Melika wrote:Will we have a monthly Nila comic now? :D
A promising artistic career ends in tragic circumstances:
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Though I am also considering the caption "Dave and Claire realised that Nila was different from other children when he started eating pencils.."


edit: spellling

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:18 am
by ellieelectrons
Wow, fantastic Claire! Great job!

Ellie.

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:34 am
by InTheAir
Skyes_crew wrote:I got a mental visual of Nila and you playing Hide and Seek :lol:
Oh, I get it now. I wish he'd tell me before the game starts!
MissK wrote:Hahaha! Bird in the handbag sounds like very fertile ground. You can do that. Just go one bit at a time, and don't draw distracted. We'll be delighted if you do!

-MissK
I'll keep trying and maybe one day I'll get it. He probably has whole adventures in there. .. Maybe it's like the wardrobe to Narnia for him. The ringneck, the witch and the handbag.

It is frightfully hard not to get distracted when there is a little parrot doing a beakhang from the end of the pencil!

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:55 am
by MissK
Everyone please forgive the gush, but OMG that is Seeeeewwwwwwwwwwww Cuuuuuuuuuute!

Claire, you're fantastic!

-MissK

PS: "glad we don't talk like this on this forum" :roll:

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:05 am
by Skyes_crew
Hey...I refrained from the baby talk. No fair :evil: :mrgreen:

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:33 pm
by InTheAir
Oh no. I feel I have contributed to the decline in content and language on this forum!
I'll discipline Nila over being so cute when I try to draw him!

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:29 pm
by MissK
Yeah, yeah, whatever. See if you can draw Nila with his paintbrush and a little beret!

-MissK

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:59 pm
by InTheAir
Omg that is the cutest idea!

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:02 am
by Little Buttercup
Wow, Claire! That is really cute. You are a real artist! Wonderful work!

Ash

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:57 am
by InTheAir
Aww, thanks Ash. I've got a pretty wonderful muse!

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:07 am
by Jen&Bug
I'd just like to add my wholehearted agreement with all the compliments already given...even the gushy ones :)

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:42 am
by Desai
Amazing..

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:58 am
by ranechild
LOVE IT!!!

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:17 am
by Skyes_crew
I think we need a musical rendition :D

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:17 pm
by InTheAir
We are working on a video for you, Melissa.... I had the best idea ever! I just need to get dave and nila to cooperate with me and rehearse together. ... They have learnt their parts separately already, so hopefully it'll work. .. :mrgreen:

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:27 pm
by Skyes_crew
Waiting patiently :D

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:32 pm
by InTheAir
It may be some time. ....

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:35 pm
by Skyes_crew
I was just saying that to be polite hehehe. Ill bug you everyday by pm :lol:

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:12 pm
by InTheAir
:roll:

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:48 am
by InTheAir
I pulled out the remains of my pencils today and drew a Nila pic, Dave liked it and wanted to hang it in his office so I gave it to him. When I stopped by his work later I found he had hung it in Nilas work cage! I think we need to caption it with "I am currently at home, eating the cornices, please call again later."
Then I tried to draw Sapphire. It wasn't successful, besides the fact that all the blues are wrong, she makes mince meat of coloured pencils in less time than it takes you to blink!
Ringnecks don't make good still life arrangements! :D it might have worked better if I had placed her in the fruit bowl :lol:

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:16 am
by MissK
I hope he takes it out when Nila goes in!

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:40 pm
by Redzone
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Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:45 pm
by AJPeter
I am glad l was able to see your etchings Claire, they are very good. Have you thought of sending samples of your work to birdy magazines?

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:51 pm
by ellieelectrons
That's gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.

Ellie.

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:22 pm
by MissK
It's great! Brought a big smile for me.

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:55 am
by InTheAir
MissK wrote:It's great! Brought a big smile for me.
That's what we all like to hear!
I attempted to paint a Sapphire picture with acrylics today, not a good idea when sapphire is in the room! She flew down to the pallette on the ground and attempted to eat the paint! I hope she doesn't die! I figure that since she survived eating our cactus last week, non toxic paint will probably be soothing for her digestive system anyway. :wink:

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:00 am
by lethalfire
I know I am new here, but My Goodness those are some AWESOME drawings, I wish I could draw even just half as good as that but drawing beyond stick figures is not in the deck of cards for me.

Would LOVE to see more or even a Nila cartoon strip would be neat. VERY NICE drawings, and very nice subject I might add.

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:04 am
by InTheAir
Thanks, lethalfire. Here's my latest attempt. That's what happens when you drink tea in our house. ..

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Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:39 am
by lethalfire
lol I LOVE it, such a good job in not only the physical drawing but being able to draw their personalities also. I could look at them all day.

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:37 am
by ranechild
What a great picture! the drawing is great, but I love how both the birds are looking at the camera like they are saying--we don't do that!

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:33 pm
by AJPeter
What do you put in your tea Claire? any way well done.

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:58 pm
by InTheAir
Ranechild, my birds always look innocent and harmless. They achieve this by not understanding the word "no". That expression in Sapphires eye actually means "I did that!!! I did good, didn't I?!". She thinks "oh you horrid bird!" Is the highest praise.
Nila is a bit sulky because he doesn't like sharing the camera with Sapphire.

Aj: Ringnecks usually.

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:00 pm
by MissK
Top notch, Claire! I *love* it! Keep 'em comin'!

Re: I drew his birdiness!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:26 pm
by Little Buttercup
What a great pic! Lovely drawing that is.

Ash