A little more progress on Tessa and Cosmos...and I started the first of a few bird paintings I will be doing in January for a 2/1/10 show submission....this is an immature Great Cormorant that I saw one day on a sandbar on Stafford Lake - late in October, during their migration....an unusual sighting, so naturally it finds its way to the easel. After being away from the easel for a few days, it feels so GOOD to be back! Happy New Year!