The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint

I am starting the cover for Edward Swift's new book, "The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint".  My proposal was to do it in two parts.  The concept was to paint a hacienda courtyard overgrown with plants and to have grave stones scattered around in the plants.  However, after much thought, we decided that grave stones might jinx the project.  People might think it was a horror novel...which it isn't!  So, we got rid of the grave stones.  We then added a bird because they are prominent in the story.  Actually, I added a macaw.  Edward pointed out that there are NO macaws in the book.  So, being the kind soul that he is, he added one for me!  Hey, I love macaws.


I am painting the macaw separately so that it can be resized in photoshop to fit the cover at a later date.  We think the book will be 5.5" x 8.5" but who knows for sure?  The jungle will just be flipped for the back cover.  This is very exciting!  Here is the drawing of the macaw that I just finished.  Will start the painting tomorrow.