Watercolor painting samples - drawing and painting birds - watercolor basics

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Watercolor painting - drawing and painting birds - watercolor basics by Shirley Porter

Chapters include :

Drawing birds. The supplies and techniques you need to get started drawing birds, as well as a look at the proportions and details that will make your birds recognizable and lively.

Painting birds. The supplies and techniques you need to get started painting birds, followed by nine simple step-by-step exercies using what you've learned to paint a variety of birds. Painting on Pre-Wet Paper, Painting on Wet Paper, Painting on Dry Paper, Painting a Loose Background, Underpainting with Yellow, Painting Simple Patterns, Painting Intricate Patterns, Painting an Open Wing and Painting a Frontal View.

Painting familiar attitudes and poses. Practice bringing a variety of birds to life by painting along with these eight step-by-step exercies: Traditional Perching Pose, Unusual Perching Pose, Nesting, Pecking, Full Flight, Lifting Off, Flocks and Ruffled Feathers.

Painting birds and backgounds. Seven informative step-by-step exercises explore different ways to set a variety of birds into different surroundings: Realistic Backgound (Middle distance), Realistic Background (Close-up), Representational Background, Imagined Background, Two Different Directions, Realistic Bird and Background and Imagined Bird and Background.

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Watercolor painting - drawing and painting birds - watercolor basics by Shirley Porter (How to drawing and paint birds with watercolor)

Watercolor Basics - Drawing and Painting Birds by Shirley Porter (Drawing and painting birds with watercolor)