Scarlet Tanagers — Gallery Canvas Colored Pencil the iridescent green head reflecting

the iridescent green head reflecting the light

with the enormous prairie sky overhead

the ear tufts lifted

positioned to break up the fawn's outline in dappled light

Scarlet Tanagers — Gallery Canvas Colored Pencil the iridescent green head reflectingTwo Scarlet Tanagers in a spring maple a breeding male in full scarlet and black plumage perched above, a second male in transitional plumage launching from below, wings open, the extraordinary orange red of the moulting bird even more vivid than the pure scarlet of the adult. This 1985 coloured pencil study shows two states of the same bird simultaneously: the complete breeding plumage and the partial autumn dress. The Scarlet Tanager is one of the