pin-feather painting
  • Colin's easel

Woodcock pin-feather paintings – with gold leaf

December 28, 2015
A pair of woodcock pin-feather paintings with a new element: gold leaf
  • Colin's easel

New woodcock painting: ‘The Secret’

March 07, 2014
How many people have seen a woodcock carrying its chick in flight? Colin's lovely new painting captures just that... …
  • Colin's easel

Black grouse in silver birch tree

September 15, 2013
This lovely new image was painted entirely with a pin-feather from a black grouse!
  • Wildlife & Nature

Cockshut – lost in the shadows of twilight

April 08, 2013
The origin of 'cockshut', an age-old term for dusk, lies in the secretive habits of woodcock...
  • British trees , Wildlife & Nature

The magic of the birch

February 14, 2013
The birch is the tree of love, fertility, new beginnings... and broomsticks
  • Colin's easel

‘Glow of Evening’ – the latest woodcock

January 11, 2013
Colin's newest pin-feather painting has a beautiful autumn glow
  • Colin's easel

Colin’s pin-feather challenge: pheasant and grey partridge

July 30, 2012
Colin begins the second painting of his two-part multiple pin-feather madness. Looking good so far!
  • Colin's easel

Pin-feather challenge: completed!

July 26, 2012
If you've been following the progress of Colin's multiple pin-feather painting, you can see it finished - right here!
  • Colin's easel

Colin’s pin-feather challenge – ptarmigan

July 08, 2012
Colin thought the red grouse pin-feather would be difficult - but the ptarmigan was the worst of all. Just …
  • Colin's easel

Pin-feather painting update: Capercaillie

June 24, 2012
Take a look at this capercaillie feather! And Colin thought that the red grouse and black grouse were a …
  • Colin's easel

Red grouse – taking flight

June 20, 2012
Colin has challenged himself to paint five British game birds, each with its own pin-feather. The red grouse image …
  • Colin's easel

Painting with a woodcock’s pin-feather

January 13, 2012
It’s been a while since I’ve published anything under ‘Colin’s Easel’.  This isn’t, as you might imagine, because he’s been …
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