Whittled Blue Tit

Ok... so I’ve had to peel myself away from the whittling knives and endless array of sticks in the back garden to actually retain my claim to motherhood.

Whittled this lovely little bird this morning whilst the little one was playing in the garden with the older two..which I then painted with watercolour as a Blue Tit, another one of our garden birds.

I think the watercolour works so well, what do you think - natural wood or painted?