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Watercoloring Birds

After years without drawing, I'm so pleased with these!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/watercoloring-birds • Posted by Maladignia

After years without real practice (only some doodling during meetings) I made these in one day. I am so happy with them! I got two picture frames from my 'mother in law' made of coarse wood and I thought that some birds would look nice in them. I found reference images on the internet and first made sketches to get a feel for the proportions. Then I sketched on the water media paper and started coloring it in with the crayons. After that I used two brushes to mix the colors into paint. I'm especially proud of the eyes.

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Project Budget
Reasonably Priced

Time

4 h 00

Difficulty

Tricky
Medium watercolor closeup sparrow Medium watercolor closeup tit Medium watercolors finished Medium watercolor sketches

Description

After years without real practice (only some doodling during meetings) I made these in one day. I am so happy with them! I got two picture frames from my 'mother in law' made of coarse wood and I thought that some birds would look nice in them. I found reference images on the internet and first made sketches to get a feel for the proportions. Then I sketched on the water media paper and started coloring it in with the crayons. After that I used two brushes to mix the colors into paint. I'm especially proud of the eyes.

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