Rufous Hummingbird — Splendor Size:8x8 A meaningful painting for birders

A meaningful painting for birders and conservation-minded collectors

I painted this piece freehand

The crimson forehead and pink-flushed breast add warmth to their otherwise streaky

Perfect for entryways

letting the pigments settle naturally into the paper's texture

Rufous Hummingbird — Splendor Size:8x8 A meaningful painting for birdersEvery 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