Snowy Egret IV ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed The horned lark's markings are

The horned lark's markings are graphic and precise — almost like someone painted the bird's face with a fine brush before I got there

The most accessible original in my Little Wonders collection

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

The iridescent greens and blues were built through layered wet-on-wet mineral pigment washes

Snowy Egret IV ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Framing:Unframed The horned lark's markings areThis 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