American Goldfinch and Ruby-Throated Hummingbird — A Summer's Day Hummingbirds opening fresh each morning

opening fresh each morning

wearing a rust-colored belt across her white chest that the male lacks

each adapted to a different edge of where water meets sky

Alla prima technique means every mark is final

This painting is part of my Shadows of the Sky collection

American Goldfinch and Ruby-Throated Hummingbird — A Summer's Day Hummingbirds opening fresh each morningThis goldfinch watercolor print captures pure sunshine in bird form. American goldfinches are one of the latest nesting songbirds in North America they wait for thistles and sunflowers to seed before raising their young, which means their bright yellow breeding plumage peaks in midsummer when everything else is already fading. Even their timing is optimistic. I paint goldfinches freehand with Kissho Gansai mineral pigments on archival cotton rag