This is my second attempt at this piece. Many more layers to go. The falcon at the top is still just sketched in.
I’ve had several dreams of falcons and sightings of real ones during the past year. And for some reason angels have been coming into my work and consciousness.
My kids were kind enough to pose for a photo shoot a few weeks back. Mostly I was after their hands but I had my son do this pose and this piece just kind of flowed naturally out of it.
The falcon, amongst other things, is significant as a symbol for life’s purpose. My dream falcon was very large and white – I’ll try to make this one look like him once I start filling him in.
One thing I really like about Photoshop is that if you just don’t like where you’re heading, you can save the file under another name, delete whatever layers aren’t working out, and keep going with the original drawing or whatever you had that was working – like going back in time and taking a different route. (Physicists now tell us the concept of progressive time is an illusion, and being able to work this way makes that seem plausible!) 
My first attempt was started before my daughter opened my eyes to some of the possibilities of the medium. I was liking it until I realized how I could have approached it – then did the time warp trick and came up with something I am liking even better! I’ll post again when it’s done.
My first (primitive) attempt at the angel.
Can hardly wait to see this finished, Anne!