Snowy Egret IV ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed This green-crowned woodnymph watercolor captures

This green-crowned woodnymph watercolor captures a tropical hummingbird that looks like it was dipped in liquid emerald

The most accessible original in my Little Wonders collection

revealing aspects of plumage and personality that the first study doesn't show

Common redpolls are Arctic-breeding finches that wander south in unpredictable irruptions — some winters they flood the northern states in thousands

I used Kissho Gansai pigments from Kyoto on archival cotton rag paper

Snowy Egret IV ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed This green-crowned woodnymph watercolor capturesThis snowy egret watercolor painting captures the most graceful of all white wading birds. Snowy egrets move like dancers quick, precise, unexpectedly nimble for their size. They shuffle their bright yellow feet in shallow water to stir up fish, and they strike with a speed that makes herons look slow. "Snowy Egret IV" is the fourth in a series of studies I've made of these birds, and each one teaches me something new about painting white. A white