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

each layer adding depth without weighing down the energy

The heron isn't hunting

But the stoop isn't what defines this painting

That discipline lives in every brushstroke here

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

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