Ravens – Pen and Ink

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This image is several years old. The initial drawings were done in pen & ink and then highlights were put back in with white acrylic paint. I then scanned them in and did a little work in photoshop.

Crows make me laugh, they can be terrifyingly intelligent one moment, then utter buffoons the next. We have 2 ancient cherry trees in our yard that the crows raucously plunder. I swear if one finds the tree the entire world population of crows knows about it in 20 minutes. I’d be pissed if I could get to the cherries myself. But, alas, the trees are far too tall to reach with ladders, so instead I sit back and watch the crows squabble over every last fruit. They strip the trees bare of cherries in a matter of hours. It is fantastic.

This drawing came from one of those memorable springs days, sitting out on the back deck watching the birds frolic in their new found bounty. I am actively anticipating the return of our local murder of crows. Their flights through our woods is no less entertaining.