In Orchid and Hummingbirds near a Mountain Lake, how is the Heade's technique of the Painting elucidated?
Heade typically forwent preparatory sketches in favor of painting directly onto his canvas. Heade employed many motifs in his paintings, two of them being hummingbirds and orchids. Once he perfected the craft of painting each motif, he tended to add them into many of his paintings, which is one of the reasons why he has so many paintings including orchids and hummingbirds. Heade tended to begin with a tentative background before adding in the finer details of each painting. Heade also used a variety of colors as they became available, as well as an array of glazing techniques to add light to his paintings. Heade's hummingbirds are executed with a level of detail similar to Pre-Raphaelite paintings.