Black-Chinned Hummingbirds — A Sight Of Wonder Shorebird But the stoop isn't what

But the stoop isn't what defines this painting

That discipline lives in every brushstroke here

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A barn owl isn't technically a raptor in the strict ornithological sense

Black-Chinned Hummingbirds — A Sight Of Wonder Shorebird But the stoop isn't whatEvery hummingbird watercolor print in this group started with one of the greatest technical challenges in bird painting: iridescence. Hummingbird color isnt pigment its structural, created by microscopic feather platelets refracting light. The throat of a ruby throated hummingbird shifts from black to blazing ruby depending on the angle. A rufous hummingbird burns copper to garnet. Suggesting that in a static medium like watercolor is where my