The Phoenix

So here is a phoenix pouring fire all over the landscape!

This started with me just doodling absently minded with a flat brush in Gimp using a very colourful fractal and magically, after smudging the whole canvas several times the bird shape emerged from the colours as if it had been there all the time waiting to be uncovered...

I'm trying to restrict my use of colour to less and less each piece so I can get a better grasp of light and shadows.

As usually created with Sterling2 and Gimp.

This is my entry to the contest by @isaria.