Kestrel

Whether smooth or rough paper, it's a good painting, especially the eyes

But this has worked beautifully!

It's fantastic Glennis!

Not good for wet in wet washes, but marvellous for fine detail! This is gorgeous and the eyes have such a wonderful expression.

Stunning Glennis, you get such great detail with watercolour, I'd love to be able to manage it...but know I couldn't.

I would'nt know where to start with this one....great, as are your geese, and they are my favourites.

Thank you all for your comments

We had a just fledged (sort of!) kestrel here in the garden, being instructed by a rather talons-off parent in how to fly: it sat on a power line like a great haystack, bits of feather poking out everywhere as though the stuffing had burst out of a mattress.. That, we thought, will never fly - but it did, opened its wings in that v-shape kestrels have, and was transformed. Great birds, and this is a great painting - I've seen so many bird paintings that fall just short of the mark: the delicacy gets lost in heavy-handed detail: you've hit the mark bang on.

Lovely painting Glennis.

Robert and Carole many thanks for your very kind comments

Beautiful Glennis.

Thank you Denise

Just lovely, Glennis. Your washes are beautiful.