Lino Bird - first prints

I did my first print of my bird design today ...

I decided the tree shapes were too stark so I cut out some more...

and more...

And now I think I prefer the first version! Oh well, there's not much I can do about it now!

I used some of these prints to experiment with adding watercolour..

And then, because I can't stop fiddling, I added some acrylic ink details...

Tomorrow I'll try printing on different coloured backgrounds and probably fiddle some more!