Draw a Bird - California Quail

I am in a group that draws or paints or sculpts a bird every month.  Draw a bird day is on the 8th, so I am a little early this month.  We choose our own birds.  This month I chose a California Quail.  They are so fat and I liked the coloring on the photo of this one.  The background is created by saran wrap on watercolor paint.  When it's dry, the saran wrap comes off and leaves an unpredictable pattern....but kind of leafy, in this case. 

I particularly enjoyed doing this painting because it brought back fun memories of my uncle John Davis.  He raised and protected the quails on his riverfront property in Anderson, California.  A good man!!!