Abbe Fardon

@abbefardon.bsky.social

Painter living in Derbyshire UK I love birds, animals, books and music. Instagram www.instagram.com/manorhouseart

Don't know what I'm doing with oil pastels but sketching an idea for a composition. Every day for the last few days I've seen a small white rabbit. Sometimes with his brown bunny family and sometimes on his own. Like a little magical creature.

Oil pastel rough sketch of a small white rabbit sheltering under hawthorn hedge.

Our friendly female blackbird. She's not friendly to any other birds that dare to land. She's been in and around our garden for years. Lovely that she's so recognisable. (Blurry photo taken with my phone.)

Female blackbird with white markings on magnolia tree branch. Ivy in the background and part of house.

I painted this loving pair from a photo with kind permission from the photographer, Ernesto Orellana. I now have another commission to paint two wood pigeons in different pose. If any of the brilliant photographers I follow have a photo of a Woody I could use, ideally two, I'd really appreciate it 😊

Painting of two wood pigeons nestling into each other, eyes shut. Dark background.