Rhapsodies

Today’s rhyme, A Robin Redbreast in a Cage, was really easy to visualize, though I ended up overthinking it anyway. First I went on line looking for a visual reference for a European Robin, first because these are English nursery rhymes, and second do you really think Heaven would get that worked up over an American Robin? They’re evil little blankety blanks! After that I spent a little too much time looking up period birdcages until I decided it was a waste of time (even though the Dutch ones were nice.)

I really have to redo this one as a watercolor. It’s bad enough I can’t give a Robin a redbreast but it’s downright depressing you can’t do a proper stormy sky with a pencil!