Octopus Bird

I made this octopus bird for my Aikido teacher Nadeau Sensei. He didn’t let me take a photo of him so I just posted the painting. I made a sketch of him first. It was an Octopus swimming in the water and leaves are flying above. I sensed air energy and water energy on him. He loved my sketch and he told me his nickname in high school was “Octopus”!

The Sketch