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I've been busier than a six legged squid in a twelve-legged race lately* but I was scrabbling through my stack of originals looking for a piece and realized that I never posted this one over here.

It was just a quick tree study in watercolor, but I applied Ursula's Law of Subject Matter to it--if you have a background and don't know what to do with it, you can hardly ever go wrong with naked women or small animals wearing hats. And since it was 4 x 10, I didn't really have room for the former, and the colors of the ruby-throated hummingbird fit.

Hummingbirds, by the way, are absolutely ferocious and, like very small dogs, do not seem to realize that they weigh less than a dust bunny. In its own mind, the hummingbird is twenty feet tall, with gun ports and flamethrower arms. You can't help but find that endearing, even as they're doing stuka-esque dives with that furious descending "wheeeEEEEEEEEPP!" noise at your head.

Original is for sale, prints available, drop a line or visit [link] for prices.

*I have no idea what this means.
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~Lilyanimallover Jul 8, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
fezzes are cool! (dr. who nerd)

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!Ross-Irving Jun 19, 2009
It just so happens that I'm fond of hummingbirds and fez hats, I kid you not. The ruby throat of the hummingbird and its hat really pop out from the greens.
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~EverlastingHorizon May 26, 2009  Student General Artist
Ha ha, cute :aww:

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~Zurizip Aug 15, 2008
I've worked with hummingbirds briefly... a few days, really, and was dive bombed at least twice. Thank goodness I wasn't in that department long.

Thus when I was reading the description of Hummingbirds here... I think my boyfriend was convinced that I was utterly insane, since I couldn't stop giggling at the truth in "In its own mind, the hummingbird is twenty feet tall, with gun ports and flamethrower arms," for some twenty minutes.

Like really. And to add to it, I love the ruby throated in a fez.
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*Kivutar May 17, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Too cute for words. :heart: Beautiful work.

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~Pagan-Inspiration Dec 20, 2007  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wonderful piece, and it's very true that they are fiesty little guys! We put feeders out on our porch, and now that they're over the initial shock of eating around humans, we frequently have near-death-by-impalement experiences as they fight over whose going first.

Just love 'em. :D

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Mood: Love ~quev Oct 29, 2007
aww to cute for words, this is a great idea.

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Mood: Love ~DaughterofFenris Feb 17, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
For whatever reason seeing a hummingbird in a fez made my day. xD Gorgeous!

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~tenko72 Apr 22, 2006
You can't go wrong with birds. Starangely enough, when I saw this, I thought, "ninja hummingbird." I have no idea why. I really love the colors on this.

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~VioletWhirlwind Jun 9, 2005
XDXD! Very cute!

And very true about hummers being territorial. During the summer at my parents place, they spend more time chasing each other away from the feeders than they do actually AT the feeders....XD

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