Nevermore...

I finished this yesterday after 24 hours of agonising over whether or not to give it a slight washy background.  Then I sold it before the paint was even properly dry...
Which caused a slight problem as I had already entered it into a virtual exhibition with The Wild Life Art Society - thankfully they have kindly allowed me to submit another painting in it's place.

This is watercolour on paper and when I started it I had no idea it would take me quite so long - but I am glad it did, because it took my mind off current events for an hour or two each day.

Next up, something on the garden gate...

Corvid...

I felt like painting something completely different this week, something that required total concentration and therefore fully cutting me off from the outside world for an hour or two at a time.

This raven certainly does the job!  I've been days just painting the wing feathers, which hopefully were the most difficult part.  It's been fun, but I;m ready to finish it now.  Watercolour on paper.

Otis and the Raven

This is a small watercolour & ink painting of a bear called Otis who lives in Katmai National Park, Alaska.  He's usually a very chilled old bear, concentrating on catching and eating fish in vast amounts while keeping himself out of trouble.  However, last year this raven just got on his nerves!  I painted this from watching the video clip several times & taking various screenshots plus using a bit of imagination.  Now for sale in my Etsy shop.