Fall Female Yellow-rumped Warbler Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
I had a lot of fun working on this and trying the capture the glow you occasionally see on magical fall days.
I had a lot of fun working on this and trying the capture the glow you occasionally see on magical fall days.
My daughter Kelly remembers the call of Black-throated Green Warblers with the mnemonic “Trees, trees, taller trees!” That’s more useful than the “zoo zee, zoo zoo zee” which I learned.
I tried not to overwork this painting and wanted to leave things a bit looser on the bird than I might normally do. My photo reference from a trip to Ohio was contrasty. I ended up softening the lighting a … Continued
The colors of Dark-eyed Junco are not exactly thrilling when compared to something like a Painted Bunting, but they are spectacularly beautiful in their simplicity.
Yellow-rumped Warblers are easy to find here in Michigan during migration, but this is my first time painting one.
Who doesn’t like Magnolia Warblers?!
I based this painting on photos taken at the Marsh Boardwalk at Point Pelee National Park in Ontario.
I always love seeing American Redstarts. I got the photo references for this painting in northwest Ohio, on our annual spring migration birding trip.
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
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