Feathered Friend

100 Themes Challenge #27: Friendship. Tauriel from The Hobbit (movie only). The theme is appropriate not just for the content, but also as this is my thank-you gift to for the three-month subbie. She's been one of my biggest supporters on DA and a wonderful friend. (Ack, I scanned before I put my signature on it)

The background of this piece is based on the Redwood National and State parks of California, USA. I was lucky enough to go there this past summer. I took a ton of photos and I stare at a beautiful canopy shot on my desktop every day. I miss my forest ecosystem, though I'm not from CA. Soon. Soon I will move. 98 days. Then TREES. Yes. Glorious trees.

I should probably note that this piece was drawn on a 9"x11" (23x28cm) page, so it didn't fit on the scanner too well. And yes, the whole page is colored. Not a single spot left open. I'd been trying to do that staircase forever, but it never happened. Then, this pic just poured out of my hand.

Zoologist note: the bird is a Black-capped Chickadee, which does NOT live in the Redwood forests. My bad. I just love chickadees, they're one of the few birds that I see and hear on a weekly basis. Even in -40F/C weather. Ugh. How do they stand it?