Dear Galina,
I am painting birds in watercolor. You have a photo of a lovely pyrrhula pyrrhula male who is sitting and sleeping on the site sibirds.ru.
I would like to paint it, would it be ok?

Best regards
Tess Enarsson
Sweden
Instagram @tessenarsson

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