Hi, today we're using gorgeous vibrant colors to paint this fantail bird
and i've put a link in the description for a free traceable if you need it.
It's surprisingly easy to do as it's made up of lots of small sections. I'm using a pastel
or chalk pencil to sketch out my drawing as they don't interfere with the acrylic colors too much
next we're going to make some shades of green and blue using phthalo blue medium yellow and white
now we need to roughly block in the blue background. Don't worry if you
accidentally paint over the wrong part, we can paint over it if necessary later.
I'm using a chisel blender brush for this
now we can start blocking in the grass with our green colors
you can blend different greens together and just generally map out where the grass will be
so
now we can mix some shades of red using raw umber, scarlet, medium yellow and white
then we can start blocking in the red flowers too
we can add a tiny bit of phthalo blue to the reds to get a very dark color where we need it
now we can start blocking out the fantail bird using raw umber and white
when painting the wings I'm brushing in the direction the feathers would naturally go
it's time to add some shadows and detail to the grass in the background
and now we can add some details to the fan tail
we'll put a shadow under the wing,
you can soften and blend this out with a clean damp brush
I'm using small lines to give the indication of feathers
here are some other videos you might like to watch next. See you next time :)