[SikaStag]

Thank you all for your kind words, Yes there is no disputing who the artist is in our family.
You may find it hard to believe, my wife has only ever painted about 20 paintings in her whole art career (hobby).
My wife has a curvature of her spine which makes sitting doing anything for extended periods very painful, she is a very brave woman. She tries to overcome her disability to lead a normal life.
I am sure the painting of the geese and the Labrador were only her 8th and 9th paintings that she had ever done. Due to her disability she probably takes longer to do a painting as the levels of discomfort are higher the longer she sits.
I had hoped that she would be able to do some engraving as well. Time will tell.

I will order the above mentioned book and and get my drawing skills hopefully back, whilst practising drawing scrolls.

Thank you again
Ian & Elizabeth