Rufous Hummingbirds — Oh How Lucky Am I Rainbows with Wings The brown pelican's plumage moves

The brown pelican's plumage moves through a range of warm earth tones — chocolate

Least bitterns live deep in the cattails

and the instincts built through decades of life drawing

000 miles on a body that weighs less than a nickel

the way their plumage echoes and contrasts

Rufous Hummingbirds — Oh How Lucky Am I Rainbows with Wings The brown pelican's plumage movesEvery hummingbird watercolor print in this group started with one of the greatest technical challenges in bird painting: iridescence. Hummingbird color isnt pigment its structural, created by microscopic feather platelets refracting light. The throat of a ruby throated hummingbird shifts from black to blazing ruby depending on the angle. A rufous hummingbird burns copper to garnet. Suggesting that in a static medium like watercolor is where my