Birds.

It's been a while since I posted anything here.  In fact, the last post was about Anna's birthday.  So's this one...
I found some nice watercolours of birds in a local shop.  I thought they'd make a nice pressie.  Then I thought I'd have a go at doing them myself (while keeping the shop ones in mind as a competent backup!).
Having not done watercolour before (or at least, not since school days!) I had to go and get some kit (don't worry, I had a £5 off voucher).
Once kitted out, I had a few practice rounds:

Then I did four paintings (three based on what I'd seen in the shop, one from a bird book we have):

The goldfinch is probably my least favourite (sorry goldy) and was the one that relied on the book.

 I think it looks lie a crow in disguise, perhaps because of its beak...
There's the diminutive wren, not exactly vibrant, but I thought he was quite sweet:

The blue tit seems to have a nervous twitch, but is blessed with a little more colour than the wren:

Then my favourite, the robin:

So there we have it - really quite enjoyed trying my hand at some watercolour!