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

each layer adding depth without weighing down the energy

and the soaring owls diptych

and each one teaches me something new about painting white

That discipline lives in every brushstroke here

The heron isn't hunting

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