HOW TO PAINT ALLA PRIMA WILDLIFE-shore birds - Suzanne Barrett Justis

HOW TO PAINT ALLA PRIMA WILDLIFE-shore birds - Suzanne Barrett Justis

In this wildlife oil painting time lapsed video, Master Wildlife Artist , Suzanne Barrett Justis will take you step by step in alla prima painting shore birds, specifically the Marbled Godwit. If you want to learn to paint wildlife alla prima or "wet on wet", then this time lapsed painting tutorial is for you. Whether you are a beginner or a more advanced oil painter, you will learn a little something from this alla prima wildlife painting tutorial. The beautiful photo reference for this painting came from the incredible nature photographer, Geoffrey Shuen. You can check out his work at
https://www.instagram.com/geoffreyshu...


Suzanne Barrett Justis will share with you everything you need to know to paint realistic birds with fine detail and all in wet on wet, alla prima form. From understanding the anatomy of birds to learning the best painting techniques for painting feathers, to understanding opacity of paints, this video has everything you need to get started with realistic bird painting. With this wildlife painting demonstration video, you'll be able to paint beautiful birds with ease, no matter how inexperienced you are! This tutorial is painting birds for beginners! If you want to see the best wildlife art tutorials, check out Suzanne's channel for all the best painting tutorials.

chapters
00:00 Intro and wiping off of composition
04:46 Blocking in the birds
05:16 Cutting in the background color
05:46 Soft edges on first bird, more detail
06:48 A little more into second and first bird
07:22 Getting the third bird in and starting in on reeds and reflection
09:25 Detail in reeds and reflection
10:00 A little about the palette
10:52 The completed and framed piece of Godwits and a summation
12:00 The Closing and recap of painting


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In this video, Suzanne used only one brush. It was the Princeton Velvetouch long round #10
here is the link for that brush
https://www.jerrysartarama.com/prince...

I generally use Rosemary and Company paint brushes and will include the link here for your consideration
https://www.rosemaryandco.com?u=5711a7

The little miniature short handled brushes I used to do the fine FINE details was the Workbench Warrior Set from Rosemary and Co. I love these brushes.
https://www.rosemaryandco.com/workben...

I often use the Creative Mark Wipe Out Tool....I love these things. Here's the link so you can get one ( or 10 ) of them too.
https://www.jerrysartarama.com/amazin...

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