Common Redshank ~ "Shoreline Spirits" ~ Watercolor Langham This rose-breasted grosbeak watercolor captures

This rose-breasted grosbeak watercolor captures one of the most dramatic reveals in birding

whose melodies seem to come alive in the painting

making them one of the few owls that hunt by day

cream — that the natural mineral pigments render with a luminosity synthetic paints miss

The snowy egret is the most elegant of the group — smaller

Common Redshank ~ "Shoreline Spirits" ~ Watercolor Langham This rose-breasted grosbeak watercolor capturesThis 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, nervous energy. Common redshanks are sentinel birds. They're usually the first to sound the alarm when danger approaches, earning them the nickname "warden of the marshes." This painting catches that watchful alertness a bird standing tall, scanning the horizon, ready. I painted this