Ospreys in Flight ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Pair and the Gansai pigments —

and the Gansai pigments — made from natural mineral ingredients — give me a red that glows from within the paper rather than sitting on top of it

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

metallic but not harsh

"Cormorant II" catches one in character: angular

Ospreys in Flight ~ "Oh, to Fly" ~ Watercolor Pair and the Gansai pigments —This osprey flight watercolor captures a pair of ospreys sharing the sky two powerful raptors in synchronized motion, their flight paths parallel but not identical. Watching ospreys fly together is watching a conversation in real time. They adjust to each other constantly matching speed, maintaining distance, responding to the same wind currents with slightly different wing angles. There's trust in that coordination. I painted this freehand on