Common Flameback Woodpecker Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
This gorgeous woodpecker, the Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense), is from Southeast Asia and Western India.
Sanderling and Sand Dollar: Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
In my photos from Sanibel, the beach was covered with tons of Sanderlings, with shell debris around many of them.
Red-winged Blackbird: Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
In Michigan Red-winged Blackbirds are plentiful and conspicuous in every season but winter.
Blue-capped Motmot Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
I’ve never gotten to see a motmot in the wild. Maybe someday! I’ve had to be satisfied with seeing them in zoos. In fact, the photos I took as reference for this were from the Syracuse and Toledo zoos.
Eastern Phoebe Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
I always love seeing my first Eastern Pheobe of the spring. Often it is before many of the other insect-eating birds return.
Cedar Waxwing on Broken Perch Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
Cedar Waxwings are undeniably gorgeous birds. I’ve sketched them many times, but this is only my third time painting one. I think this is my favorite so far.
Diving Brown Pelican Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
After looking through some sketches, I settled on this diving immature Brown Pelican.
Fancy Goldfish Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
It has been a long time since I painted goldfish in transparent watercolor. I’ve been missing out! They lend themselves perfectly to the medium.
Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows on Breakwall Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
While birding in northwest Ohio last May on a windy, frigid morning, we came across a mixed flock of Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows searching the limestone cobbles of a breakwall for insects to eat. I had never seen that … Continued
Barn Swallows Transparent Watercolor
I took reference photos of these barn swallows on the Marsh Boardwalk at Point Pelee National Park in Ontario. The swallows kept landing on this particular stick, and they were pretty much oblivious to my standing very close with the camera. … Continued