LESSON #14 - How to paint Birds

[Karen]

Dennis is right W, we have a pair of tuis in our Kowhai tree and they look a bit like blackbirds with tiny beards until they get sun on them - like your bird.

[Lillian]

I painted a Tui Bird!  What fun!

I'm caught up with the watercolor lessons!   

Details

Getting caught up doesn't mean I'm done, I need to go back and repeat some of them.

[Gloria]

Lillian, your tui bird is absolutely amazing and you did it so fast.

[dennis]

Your Tui is looking great  Very happy with what you have done 

[NHC50]

Lillian Awesome job!!! You are really doing a great job. 
Nina 

[Lillian]

Gloria, Dennis, Nina,    I had fun doing it.

I did the background before the replay was available.  I went by your pdf, Dennis, tried to copycat you.   

I painted the bird while watching the replay.

Dennis, I keep running out of the color I've mixed up.  You don't seem to be mixing up large puddles, yet you never run out of paint.  What's the secret???   

[dennis]

Dunno. Never thought about it I suppose it is down to experience and practice - and guesswork

Or maybe I'm doing a bit of sleight-of-hand 

[eftpower1]

Lillian

Just saw your bird., well a glimpse of it anyway, It took flight right in front of me and flew off

Talk about realistic.................WOW 

It will be a real challenge for this old buzzard to catch that bird!!! 

Time to stop "flapping" my "wings" and get back to 

P.S.  The bird is the EZ part, Now IF i can ever master the  wet washes,
Brian

[Lillian]

 Dennis, I just thought you might be up to something, hmmm, maybe you have a second pallet, pre mixed colors handy that we don't see.   

Brian   

You can do this.  Now show us yours!

[Tousabella]

Awesome job, Lillian.  It's really a beautiful picture, and I love the background.           

[Lillian]

Tousabella, 

Dennis does such nice compositions and the colors he uses helps us enjoy the learning process.  I tried to copy the background from the pdf.  I had fun doing this.

[Karen]

I like your bird Lillian - and I think you've done a great job on the set of his head and the neck feathers. I had a bit of trouble with both of these.

[jennylynn]

well done!!  lillian on your painting of the tui bird,  really well done love how you did the feather's  looks so real!!  again well done!

[Lillian]

  Karen and Jennylynn. 

Karen, I find it can be a little tricky getting fine lines with masking fluid.  I have heard it can be thinned with a bit of water but I have never tried that.

[dennis]

That's correct.