Black-Chinned Hummingbirds — A Sight Of Wonder Shorebird each layer adding depth without

each layer adding depth without weighing down the energy

A barn owl isn't technically a raptor in the strict ornithological sense

single-pass stroke

Everything about this bird says: there is nowhere else I need to be

That discipline lives in every brushstroke here

Black-Chinned Hummingbirds — A Sight Of Wonder Shorebird each layer adding depth withoutEvery hummingbird watercolor print in this group started with one of the greatest technical challenges in bird painting: iridescence. Hummingbird color isnt pigment its structural, created by microscopic feather platelets refracting light. The throat of a ruby throated hummingbird shifts from black to blazing ruby depending on the angle. A rufous hummingbird burns copper to garnet. Suggesting that in a static medium like watercolor is where my