Keith Brockie - [link]

Well, discovered him when I was in 6th year thanks to my teacher who let me borrow her book of his work. I fell in love with his wildlife illustrations from the moment I saw the cover. Since then I've always wanted to email him but never had the courage. A few weeks back when I was coming back to the Dee I got talking to a woman who was sitting next to me on the bus and she knew him! Thanks to her I was encouraged to finally get in touch with him; he responded.

I asked him a few questions and told him how much I admired his work, he said instead of firing emails back and forth I was more than welcome to head up to his gallery, see his studio and sketchbooks and even go out sketching with him; ah!
So today I headed up with three friends, they went off and entertained themselves whilst I spent four odd hours with Keith. Looked through his sketchbooks and work after he had a look at some of the work I brought him his to see - it was immense. His work looks good online and in books, but seeing the real pictures is just astounding, I don't know how he does it! Such rich colours and imaculate detail...he's just too talented for his own good!

We went out up to the glens and he showed me where he sketches and how to look out for wildlife. Basically what I need is a telescope - it's the only way to draw wildlife in the field. Binoculars help too! Sadly we never saw any hares, but here's a list of what I did see - lapwings (I even spotted a nesting one and we went to see her eggs, so sweet!), red shanks, curlews, buzzards, heron, three types of geese, several other waterfoul, red/black grouse and even an osprey sitting on her nest! It was one fantastic trip that really gave me an insight into the world of wildlife art...something I've never experienced for real.

So what's Keith like? He's a very quiet man, but knows exactly what he's talking about when he does. I think I exhausted myself simply by talking all day and asking him hundreds of questions to delve a little bit further into his life and how he got to where he is today. I will definately take this day with me and use the experience and knowledge whenever I can.

Here's to a great day out, even if it did wear me out! *chink*

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