White-throated Sparrow Fall Joy ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed with the black cap emerging

with the black cap emerging as a confident

two sets of enormous wings

made from natural minerals

On my morning walks through Davis

'Golden Guardians' -- two small sentinels keeping watch over a field at its peak

White-throated Sparrow Fall Joy ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed with the black cap emergingThis white throated sparrow watercolor captures autumn's most beautiful singer. White throated sparrows arrive with the fall their clear, whistled song ("Oh sweet Canada Canada Canada") marks the season as surely as turning leaves. "Fall Joy" pairs the bird with warm autumn tones, celebrating the sparrow as a herald of the coziest time of year. I painted this freehand on archival cotton rag paper with Kissho Gansai pigments from Kyoto. The sparrow's