Free as a bird

It was my turn to pick the reference photo this month for
I picked this
Thank you to for the wonderful stock

Kind of out of my comfort zone with this one, I'm not used to changing refs and adding shadows etc.

This image is supposed to be the little girl saying goodbye to her beloved pet, she loves him so much but she knows that he should be flying free, not caged up .... a little corny, I know, but oh well

A3 Bristol Board Extra Smooth
Graphite pencils
mechanical pencil
tortillons
tissues
pencil eraser

Many thanks for looking