The first painting of the New Year (oil on paper)! ❤️

At first I want to wish an happy New Year to everyone! I hope you spent a nice end of the 2024 and an happy start of the 2025!
Me and my hubby spent the last hours of the past year at home in a simple but cozy way: something good to eat, watching a movie on the tv, drinking a glass of spumante waiting the midnight and, after all the fireworks (I don't like them so close to me), finally the quiet came to us.
Just to know, fortunately my furry friend Richy is a little deaf, but even if the municipality banned all the unauthorized fireworks because they are dangerous for animals and people, there were too much of them all around and, sure, stupid people who thought it could be great to play with gunpowder had to come to the hospital and there were also some little fires. People is stupid, really.

This morning was really a silent and quiet first morning of the new year and so I painted the first artwork of the 2025:

As you can see, the subject is a grey heron. I thought to paint it because it reminds me calm time and the patience. 😊
It's an oil painting on 200 gsm paper in A4 size and, like I use to do, I took some pics while I was painting it so you can see the process too:

Soon I'll add this new artwork to my Artfinder shop (link at the bottom)!

I hope you like it!
See ya soon and stay safe,
Silvia

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