How to paint BIRDS - Materials Introduction- Quick, loose & characterful watercolours
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- Introduction to a NEW series, Quick Watercolour birds
In this series we will be looking at using minimal equipment to create quick & simple, 10 - 20 minute, watercolour paintings of birds. The emphasis will be on lots of movement, character and letting the beautiful medium of watercolour just do it's thing! With just the odd hit of detail. These are going to be fun and expressive watercolours, full of life...and hopefully for everyone from total beginner to seasoned watercolourist.
In this episode I simply introduce some basic materials options. As the series develops I will delve deeper into various aspects, of not only the medium of watercolour, but also loads of tricks and tips to develop your observation skills, drawing and painting of birds.
You can follow this new series here on TH-cam, so be sure to like and subscribe. You can also follow on Instagram TV at the link below.
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If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too:
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Other useful links:
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How to paint birds, particularly in watercolour. Wet into wet techniques in watercolours. Watercolor flying birds and watercolor perched birds, of all sorts, from tropical birds to garden birds, and everything in between. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Reallynintersting, looking forward to watching and painting along to this series!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it...there's plenty out all ready and lots more to come :) T
Excited for the next video! 🤩
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Thank you so much Tom for doing this series! I’ve really enjoyed following along, painting and learning from you.
Hi ya Kim...it so lovely to hear this, thank you. So glad you’ve been enjoying the series!!! There are more to come:)
Great intro to what we need, I’m exited to watch the series
Ahh, thank you! Hope you are enjoying it :) T
Tom Shepherd's birds are so full of character - which is what caught my eye as I was scrolling through this site. Great tips. Thank you.
ahh, thank you so much for such a lovely comment! Much appreciated :) Kind regards, T
Always learn something new from Tom
Thank you!! T
Thanks so much for these, I've just started painting to get me through this pandemic and learnt so much already by just watching you! Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks so much!! Painting has been a real life line for many people I know! So glad the videos have helped!!:) T
Enjoyed how you orginzed your paints. I could use a similar container. I'm excited to watch through thos series, I love the lose style of bird painting you do.
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy it :)
Love the looseness of your style
thank you!!:)
Wonderful how we all start out 😊
Very informative!! Thank you!
thank you :)
Love it
Thank you so much!!:)
Thank you for sharing 🥳
My pleasure...thank you!!:)
Sei davvero bravissimo 👏👏👏
Thank you!!!:)
Your loose expressive style is so beautiful Tom! The paintings behind you drew me in. Do you offer full length tutorials on watercolour painting birds like those behind you in this video (the owl and flying birds) in large format on your patreon site? I'm wanting to learn how to loosen up my style and also paint much larger than I do now--half sheet to full sheet watercolour paper size.
Thanks so much!! There's a few on my Patreon channel. There will definitely be more to come though. Keep an eye over the next few months as I will be doing some bigger watercolour bird tutorials over on Patreon, and more in general, so that's probably your best bet. I am also working on a downloadable long tutorial, but that won;t be out for another 6 months or so...but basically there's a bit all ready, with lots more to come !!:)
I'm loving this series. I've been trying to paint some birds using your videos as reference.
I'm using pans not tubes. I struggle to mix neat paints and get a buttery consistency. Any advice on how to best do so when using pans?
So glad you are enjoying them!! It is definitely harder to get that consistency with pans. You won't get the literal neat paint where we using the paint straight out of the tube, but you can get close with pans. The secret is to add just enough water to re-activate the paint, to create a slightly buttery consistency, but not so much that it is watering the paint down. As soon as the pans are swimming in water, which does happy as a painting goes on,this becomes harder. You could use kitchen roll or similar to pull out the water and get to the thicker paint....or I often kept a stiffer brush on hand that allowed me to literally dig into the pan a little bit and get some much heavier pigment out, then add that to my mixtures :)...hope that helps...T
@@tomshepherdartist Thank you :-)
I'll give it a shot.
I've tried a kingfisher, bee-eater, magpie, the ep2 raven and a flamingo so far.
I love watching your videos. Can you use 300 pound paper for watercolor?
Thanks so much. I sometimes use 300lb for bigger piece. I love because it’s soo heavy and thick, but it does take paint and water slightly differently.
Tom. Thank you for the series. Could you tell me exactly what type of brush is the #16?
Hi Brian. Yes, the #16 in this video is called a Da Vinci Cosmotop - this is part synthetic part natural, they do a cosmotop spin which is totally synthetic and more springy. Since this video I actually now use a size 18 mop brush called the Escoda Ultimo. Hope that helps. T
@@tomshepherdartist Thank you for the response. I purchased a #6 Princeton 4750 Quill available at my local shop to follow your series.
Is it 300 gsm cold pressed paper ???
Hi Tommy 🕎
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Umm, where’s the birds?
This was the intro video. Checkout all the the other videos in the series for the bird paintings themselves :)
I'm watching this to learn how to paint birds... Guess I better keep looking.
How nasty are you, did your mother never teach you the golden rule. I happen to love his loose expressive style. You are obviously an uneducated oaf.
good luck with the search :)
@@PatriciaGodboutArt, Tom Shepherds painting style is what most artists aspire to. I do! I love it!