Aviary

I've been enjoying my feathered friends at our pond lately (apart from the mess they make on my patio furniture!). We have a large flowering Bradford pear tree, that snuggles up to a Cedar tree just the other side of the fence, so both are havens for all sorts of birds, including Grackles, Cardinals, Finches, Doves, Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, and Sparrows. Occasionally a Cooper's Hawk will pass through but they prefer to sit high atop the elm tree and look for prey.

 I've been enjoying doing some loose, spontaneous illustrations using watered down acrylic paint, rich acrylic inks, and then using drawing pens as accents.

I sold my first Grackle on Etsy, so I did another, slightly different one, and then a couple of Sparrows. I look forward to doing more. Especially with that Noodler's Eel Blue Ink as seen in the first painting and a little in the second. That stuff is dazzling!