Berries and blackbirds

Whilst Val is listening to the frogs in her garden pond,  I've been looking out into our garden as  the berries and the rosehips sparkle in the sun and watching the birds fighting for the best position to harvest them.  I saw a blackbird guzzling some elderberries and thought what a lovely image it was - the dark purple berries look like some exotic massive earrings or necklace hanging down and the blackbird seemed to be inspecting them carefully before choosing which ones to eat.

 

  We have several blackbirds who swoop down to forage for food in the garden but this one seems to be most at home and I assume is doing most of the foraging.....

Pencil sketch  for watercolour

 

I'll work on a watercolour first but can also see the image as an interesting print, with those jewels of elderberries in sparkling colours.

 

 Watercolour study from sketchbook