Last week we had a new arrival show up in our yard… a new little white tail fawn was curled up in the grass. Luckily he was spotted before we disturbed him. He has the most beautiful soft blue eyes..
We quickly snapped a few photos and left him to wait for his mother to return. Hopefully she will bring him through the yard when he is a little bit older and less vulnerable.
The event this week reminded me of a painting, essentially complete, that I have in my studio cabinet of a whitetail fawn. In this piece I especially loved the glow of back lighting through the warm rust colored fur as well as the surrounding cattails along the edge of the water. The setting, with so many warm tones to work into the painting, made the painting process of this work especially satisfying. The painting is 5″ x 7″, watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham.