Great Blue Heron: The Guide ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Watercolor turning an ordinary garden into

turning an ordinary garden into something festive

Cardinals in winter red against snow

every line of the body flowing with the kind of effortless poise that gives the painting its name

an unusual behavior for sparrows

The palette is restrained — soft blues

Great Blue Heron: The Guide ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Watercolor turning an ordinary garden intoThis great blue heron watercolor art captures a heron in a leadership posture moving forward with purpose, body angled as if it knows exactly where it's going and expects you to follow. "The Guide" emerged from watching herons walk through marshes with a deliberate, unhurried authority that makes other birds step aside. They don't hurry. They don't hesitate. They just lead. I painted this freehand on archival cotton rag paper using Kissho Gansai