Peewit

This painting is taken from a sketch of lapwings in one of my old sketchbooks. They were done in preparation for a landscape painting. Making this painting was similar to making a intaglio printing plate; I etched the design into the wax and 'inked up' with oil paints, wiping away the surplus and adding wax as I went along. To my eye it looks more like a gull, but Sara saw it and spotted it was a lapwing without being told, so that's good enough for me.
I've included the original sketches below.