Sandhill Crane: Ready to Dance ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Watercolor These prints bring a quiet

These prints bring a quiet intensity to studies

The composition came naturally — two birds

Pastel gives me a tactile quality that watercolor doesn't — the pigment sits on the surface

The curved neck

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Sandhill Crane: Ready to Dance ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Watercolor These prints bring a quietThis sandhill crane painting captures the moment just before the dance that electric instant when a crane lowers its head, spreads its wings, and commits to the choreography that has defined its species for millions of years. "Ready to Dance" is one of the most dynamic pieces in my Oh, to Fly! collection. Where "Grace" (also in this collection) captures the crane in stillness, this painting is all about the energy coiled just before release. I painted