Last Friday, you might have read this post about a little pastel bird I started as a warm up for a larger pastel I plan to work on. I think I’ve finished the bird now. The pot looks better and the water droplets more defined especially in the foreground. Theodora8, a friend on Twitter, clarified that the photo was not hers but from a friend in Northern Ireland. She also identified the bird as a “cock blackbird“. Different from our New World blackbirds and more becoming, I might add, with that bright orange beak!

Coincidentally Michael’s has a 60% off custom framing coupon this week. It’s such a small drawing, only 6 by 6 inches, that it shouldn’t cost too much for a square frame especially with the coupon.