White-throated Sparrow Fall Joy ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed 'Golden Guardians' -- two small

'Golden Guardians' -- two small sentinels keeping watch over a field at its peak

Everything about this bird says: there is nowhere else I need to be

eliminating the sound that other birds' wings make in flight

with the black cap emerging as a confident

made from natural minerals

White-throated Sparrow Fall Joy ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed 'Golden Guardians' -- two smallThis white throated sparrow watercolor captures autumn's most beautiful singer. White throated sparrows arrive with the fall their clear, whistled song ("Oh sweet Canada Canada Canada") marks the season as surely as turning leaves. "Fall Joy" pairs the bird with warm autumn tones, celebrating the sparrow as a herald of the coziest time of year. I painted this freehand on archival cotton rag paper with Kissho Gansai pigments from Kyoto. The sparrow's