Black Capped Chickadee, Black Eyed Susan ~ "It's Going To Be A Very Good Day" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed bold strokes that match the

bold strokes that match the bird's own boldness

built through wet-on-wet washes that let the blue settle into the paper with a shimmer that shifts in different light

I created this piece freehand on archival cotton rag paper using Kissho Gansai pigments from Kyoto

It looks like calm

They run along the tideline in quick bursts

Black Capped Chickadee, Black Eyed Susan ~ "It's Going To Be A Very Good Day" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed bold strokes that match theSome mornings a Black Capped Chickadee lands close, tips its head, and lets out that bright chick a dee dee dee right at you, and the whole day tilts toward good. That is the feeling I painted here a small cheerful bird among black eyed Susans, all of it warm and yellow and full of promise. Chickadees are tiny optimists, busy and bold no matter the weather, and the black eyed Susan is summer's most good natured flower, gold petals around a dark heart,