Some time ago I returned home with my family to find a small bird caught in the tree by our front door. It was struggling frantically, hanging upside down, trapped by a bright yellow thread that had wrapped around its foot and caught on a branch. My husband untied the panicked bird and escaped being bitten.
At the time I was going through a somewhat challenging emotional journey so the event had quite an impact and the image is still very solid in my mind. I thought I would attempt to record the incident on paper so I just grabbed the pastels and drew very quickly. I'm not thrilled with the result but it was a very good exercise and it felt good to draw without an immediate reference point.
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