If this were another time, another universe, another version of himself and his relationship with Kreyu different...Skellig might offer himself up as a model for a sketch session. (This version of himself is so not confident yet that he would be 'worthy' of it, even with how much he's grown.)

"I had a suspicion, yes, that you might trend towards birds as your subject matter of choice," he says with a smile. "Given your opinions on the piece we discussed earlier."

Those poor birds and their awful wing alignment.

"Perhaps with the help of Koschei, you might grow enough in your skill to be able to decorate this place with some pieces of your own," he offers encouragingly.