watercolour tutorial painting birds

In this watercolour tutorial I talk you through a painting of one of ourRobins here in the UK

This tutorial is equally suitable for beginners as it is more advanced watercolourists.

I go over my painting materials and colour choices, and the reasons behind them. I give a breakdown of how to approach the drawing. Then we dive into the painting!

In this particular tutorial I focus on a simple two part process. The first stage is keeping the washes very light and simple, let this dry. Then next we focus on painting simple shadow shapes.

Keep it simple and have fun! Always a good motto with watercolours.

Materials:
Baohong Watercolour Paper, A4 gummed block
Winsor & Newton Round, size 8. Synthetic sable
Jackson’s Raven Mop, size 0

Colours:
Manganese Blue (Holbein)
Quinacridone Red (Holbein)
New Gamboge Yellow (Holbein)
French Ultramarine to help get darks (Daniel Smith)

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:58 Line Drawing
3:15 Paper
3:38 Colours
5:50 Brushes
6:52 Planning
7:27 Painting stage 1
23:01 Painting stage 2
44:00 Outro
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This easy to understand painting tutorial is designed for watercolorists of any ability or experience level. I try to cover some basic watercolour theory that applies to all subjects, as well as some bird specific tricks & tips to help you improve and progress your own watercolour paintings. I try to use a simple approach these watercolours as we are looking for great results but with freshness and excitement to the way we use the paint. These painting tutorials are designed mostly for watercolorists, with a mixture of theory as well as some how to painting guides. We cover lots of foundational principles to help students progress their painting.