How to Paint a Crowned Crane Portrait in Acrylic

The Crowned Crane is also known as the Grey Crowned Crane and is found mainly in Africa. It is a very stately bird and has a very distinctive call when they fly. Adults have a wingspan of 2 meters.

In this lesson you will learn:

1 how to focus out the background
2 how to effectively paint the Crown
3 how to paint the grey plumage
4 how to mix the “Black”

For the class you will need:

16×20″ canvas
Painting knife
Artist Paints: Clear Painting Medium, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Cobalt of Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna, Cad Orange.
Brushes: 40mm Pastry type brush (Bristle), #2 Small bristle round, #3 and #6 Filbert Bristle, #4 Flat bristle, #6 Flat bristle.