Painted Buntings ~ "A Sunny Summer's Day" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed still uncertain

still uncertain

the female in her quieter but equally beautiful yellow-green

two expressions of silent

and it demanded pigments that could hold that vibrancy without looking artificial

Painted Buntings ~ "A Sunny Summer's Day" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed still uncertainThis painted bunting watercolor art celebrates the most colorful bird in North America. "A Sunny Summer's Day" captures painted buntings in their full glory electric blue heads, lime green backs, red underparts a palette so vivid that first time birdwatchers often think they're seeing a tropical escapee. They're not. Painted buntings are native to the American South, and they're every bit as wild and real as the herons and cranes I paint. I worked