Common Redshank ~ "Shoreline Spirits" ~ Watercolor Langham luminous yellow that glows from

luminous yellow that glows from within the paper

cream — that the natural mineral pigments render with a luminosity synthetic paints miss

whose melodies seem to come alive in the painting

and I wanted this painting to catch that shimmer

Common Redshank ~ "Shoreline Spirits" ~ Watercolor Langham luminous yellow that glows fromThis common redshank watercolor art captures a shorebird that's all about its legs bright orange red stilts that wade through tidal flats and salt marshes with a quick, nervous energy. Common redshanks are sentinel birds. They're usually the first to sound the alarm when danger approaches, earning them the nickname "warden of the marshes." This painting catches that watchful alertness a bird standing tall, scanning the horizon, ready. I painted this