My little bird

This was made with a Pinterest inspiration by taking a photo of a background by the incomparable Jean Haefele, one I recreated live with Harrison’s whale picture using snips of a dictionary page. I imported it as an image and painted on top. The transparency of the bird was actually quite by accident.

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