Horned Lark ~ "Shoreline Spirits" ~ Watercolor curatedgifts and fearless — they hover

and fearless — they hover above streams and rivers

Their iridescence shifts with every angle

The yellow eyes were painted last — two points of fierce intensity against all that softness

fierce raptor with a seven-foot wingspan and a gaze that makes you understand why nothing in the sky challenges it

Horned Lark ~ "Shoreline Spirits" ~ Watercolor curatedgifts and fearless — they hoverThis horned lark watercolor painting captures one of the world's most widespread songbirds a bird found on every continent except Antarctica and Australia. Horned larks are ground birds, running along open fields and shorelines rather than perching in trees. Those tiny black "horns" actually feather tufts give them a distinctive silhouette that's easy to spot once you know what to look for. I worked freehand on archival cotton rag paper with Kissho