Drawing a hummingbird in colored pencil

Layering color can create the look of a vintage natural history illustration

They might look fragile, but the hummingbird is a tiny powerhouse. Beating their wings more than 50 times per second, they perform aerial dips and dives that subject their bodies to G-forces nearly double that experienced by fighter pilots. Thousands fly over the spine of the Rocky Mountains or across the Gulf of Mexico in their annual migration. They d…