Some well needed studio time

A few weeks ago I made a tiny canvas as part of a demonstration I was doing about painting techniques with a group of young people at Arts for Health. The results were surprisingly really nice, even though I wasn't really paying much attention to what I was doing! In the same session my lovely volunteer Amy traced a gorgeous picture of a parrot onto acetate and we decided that the two looked perfect layered together. Since then I've been dying to get into my studio and have a go at re-creating the piece on a larger scale. Finally got around to making the background this week....