Great Blue Heron: The Guide ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Watercolor Painting iridescence means understanding that

Painting iridescence means understanding that the color isn't fixed — it shifts with the light

an unusual behavior for sparrows

Cardinals in winter red against snow

Where many of my songbird paintings celebrate subtle beauty — sparrows

The palette is restrained — soft blues

Great Blue Heron: The Guide ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Watercolor Painting iridescence means understanding thatThis great blue heron watercolor art captures a heron in a leadership posture moving forward with purpose, body angled as if it knows exactly where it's going and expects you to follow. "The Guide" emerged from watching herons walk through marshes with a deliberate, unhurried authority that makes other birds step aside. They don't hurry. They don't hesitate. They just lead. I painted this freehand on archival cotton rag paper using Kissho Gansai