Do come for Dinner

We're having fish .... um; did I say? You're the fish..... I think this is a good reminder, apart from anything else, that you really don't need preliminary drawing - I've entirely given up on pencil and charcoal on paper or canvas: but do plan things out in a sketch-pad - do you do that, I wonder, or just steam straight in on a clean sheet of paper?

Beautifully painted with stunning colours in the feathers. The eye has a great predatory look about it. Lovely work, Sharon.

Thanks for the comments. I do just steam straight in on the bare paper, but usually start with a small shape such as the iris, or pupil of an eye, then work out from there. I find it much easier to see shapes from small to large.