Morning coffee sketch in my Etchr hot press A6 sketchbook! Loved capturing this great tit mid-flight. Used QoR Payne’s Gray (violet) to shade the yellow without muddying it–such a handy trick! Fun fact: great tits have been known to unscrew milk bottle caps to steal the cream! #birds

A watercolor painting of a great tit in mid-flight, reaching toward a dried thistle. Painted in an Etchr hot press A6 sketchbook as part of a morning coffee sketch routine. Payne's Gray (violet) was used to shade the yellow without turning it green. A watercolor palette and a Pentel Aquash water brush are in the foreground.