Somehow I never got around to painting a Field Sparrow until now! Seriously, how does this happen? This and my last watercolor, a House Wren, are both common birds that I just never got around to painting before. I’ve done hundreds of bird paintings, and yet they slipped through the cracks. Sorry for the neglect, guys!
I have to admit that I love painting warblers, so sparrows might have been getting the short end of the stick. It’s been three years since I last painted one, a Lincoln’s Sparrow. As a group I really love sparrows. Seriously. Although they don’t have the great PR machine and flashy colors of warblers, they make up for that with subtle beauty. Field Sparrows are definitely classy animals and one of my favorite local birds.
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