Black Capped Chickadee, Meadow Buttercup ~ "Fearless Wonders" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Oh To Fly This is the first of

This is the first of two "Solitude" paintings in my Oh

There is no bird in this one -- the plants are the whole story

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waiting for the seed and down of high summer

and streaked flanks were built through wet-on-wet mineral pigment washes

Black Capped Chickadee, Meadow Buttercup ~ "Fearless Wonders" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Oh To Fly This is the first ofFor such a tiny thing, a Black Capped Chickadee has no fear at all. It will land on your hand for a seed, scold a hawk twice its size, and stay through the hardest winter when bigger birds give up and leave. That little jet black cap and white cheeks belong to one of the boldest hearts in the woods, and I wanted this piece to feel like that small, bright, completely unafraid. I set it among meadow buttercup, the cheerful yellow that turns up