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.
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Over the years I’ve learned that most wasps, bees and hornets are pretty tolerant of humans, and if you approach them carefully, they leave you alone.
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In my photos from Sanibel, the beach was covered with tons of Sanderlings, with shell debris around many of them.
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