Ruby-Throated Hummingbird — Patience Shorebirds This white-breasted nuthatch watercolor captures

This white-breasted nuthatch watercolor captures the bird that walks upside down

iridescent green throat — contains more color per square inch than almost any other bird I've painted

freehand approach

all speed and orange light

and pairing her with the vivid male gives this composition its narrative depth

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird — Patience Shorebirds This white-breasted nuthatch watercolor capturesEvery 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