A Beloved Bird

When I asked Tammy Barani of the wonderful blog, Our Neck of the Woods, if I might do a drawing of one of her creatures, she sent me some photos of Buttercup, her dear Wyandotte, who passed away in December. 

I took a look at Buttercup and I froze.

  

It had been easy to draw Melissa's Tilly, chatting and singing on the roost.

Goofy little Rachel was a breeze to draw too. She's basically a knot of orange twirly lines, and she's still alive and kicking. 

Buttercup, however, is only a treasured memory. There was more at stake in creating this image. Emotions were involved.

   

But, being an illustrator, I mustered the focus to hunker down and give it a try. 

I aimed for a more classical, rather than comical, style.  

Tammy, here's your special gal. 

Tammy has already done a book giveaway on her blog, so since my timing was off, we're doing ANOTHER giveaway of Once Upon a Flock --  Please head on over to Our Neck of the Woods and leave a friendly comment, and you might just get lucky!