Thank you, Liz, for your class.

I´ve finished the first part and here are my results. 

Inspiration board - my beloved wood pigeon, New Zealand Kereru, and some kiwi plants (eucalyptus, kowhai and pohutukawa tree). I also included palette, which is on a separate layer for convenience later on. 

Sketch. 

Ink. I´ve found out that I make most changes in the process of inking. 

Finalized piece. At least I thought it was for a while. 

More changes. 

And my colour alterations. I loooove the pink one (up, on the right).

I have a lot of fun doing the second project - silhouettes art is one of my favourites. I also pick bird, cause - you know, birds are awesome. This one, Spatuletail Hummingbird, especially. 

So I picked this one and since he has a pretty special form I decided to use just him, not bother with another object. I tried several other bird forms but I was unhappy with the overall composition. 

Bird, some berries, big flower and looots of leaves. 

Finished piece.

And some fun color alterations. I actually quite like the right down one. 

Thank you, Liz!