The Singing Springing Lark

I painted this as a Christmas present for this pretty great person that I know. It is an illustration from this fairy tale.

Illustration Friday, Pioneer

It's been so long since I've posted. I've been pretty busy with projects that I'll probably post at some point, but in the mean time here is a quick sketch I did for Illustration Friday's topic "pioneer".

Here in Utah there is a lot of emphasis on the pioneers that settled the Salt Lake Valley so that is what I thought of first. I really admire all the people who risked leaving their homes to settle somewhere totally new and different. Since my ancestors first left Europe to come to the United States and then were among those that walked to Utah I wouldn't be where I am with out them. Since I rather like it here, I'm super glad they did it.