The raven

OK, I’ll give owls a rest for this week. Here’s another bird, a raven, that I originally did as part of a large and complicated panel involving several different birds. Unfortunately the panel didn’t really turn out all that well. The individual birds are fine but they need a bit more thought before they work well together. Anyway here’s the first bird in the assembly, which I particularly like. Unfortunately it’s difficult to see detail in amongst all that black on the scanned image, but there is a lot of complexity which adds to the effect of the bird when you see the stitched-out version

 

The raven

Comments

[a sprague]

dramatic, bit tougher to appreciate 'black/grey' starkness in spring [we're all abit tuned to those bunny pastels right now] :) but another excellent bird!

[Mia]

Very interesting comment! You're right, of course that he isn't a particularly spring-like bird. However he was drawn and digitised in the middle of winter, so maybe that's why he looks so chilly. Also, of course, spring here in the Scottish Highlands isn't always very pastel!