Black Chinned Hummingbirds ~ "A Sight Of Wonder" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Print This common redshank watercolor art

This common redshank watercolor art captures a shorebird that's all about its legs — bright orange-red stilts that wade through tidal flats and salt marshes with a quick

'Fearless Wonders' -- proof that the smallest birds often carry the biggest spirit

The alla prima technique means the entire painting happened in one session

an entryway where you want something that stops conversation

the anatomical accuracy that lets the birds feel alive

Black Chinned Hummingbirds ~ "A Sight Of Wonder" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Print This common redshank watercolor artThis black chinned hummingbird watercolor captures a pair of hummingbirds in their iridescent splendor. "A Sight Of Wonder" celebrates the black chinned hummingbird a species whose throat patch reveals a hidden band of deep violet that only appears when the light strikes at exactly the right angle. That hidden beauty is what inspired the painting's name and drove every decision I made at the easel. I worked freehand on archival cotton rag paper with