After drawing a parrot portrait for an trade some months ago, I got a request from another parrot owner. This artist trading card features Shadow, a nanday conure talented enough to maintain his own blog: A Parrot’s Point of View. Shadow is also the inspiration for the children’s book “If You Were a Parrot” by Katherine Rawson. Katherine provided a number of charming photos for me to work from and I quickly fell in love with this bird.
Mellanie Collins, Artist 
I love this parrot. The blends of the color are so soft and so beautifully done.
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Beautiful parrot. I love your original and soft color portrait:)
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How fun! The purple background is the perfect compliment … or I should say, complement! 😀
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Beautiful colors on this pretty bird.
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That is a great likeness Mellanie. Beautiful soft colours.
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I love this…
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Thanks everyone for stopping by. Shadow is a lovely bird. I’m glad you like the drawing.
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Oh gorgeous parrot, you’ve done a wonderful job.
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