Abstract Animal Painting Course

Discover drawing and painting materials for abstract animal painting, including graphite, charcoal, crayons, markers, inks, gel pens, and collage supplies like mod podge and paper.

Master gestural mandrill sketches by breaking the ice with the subject, infusing personality through exaggerated, loose shapes, and exploring charcoal, crayon, and ink markers to fuse style with subject.

Learn to create a mandrill with acrylics, mixing Dairyland yellow and raw umber for fur, adding blue and red for depth, texture, and eyes, then mount on sturdy backing.

Learn to create collage paper for future collaging by layering acrylics, crayons, charcoal, and markers on store-bought papers, thinning with water for translucent effects, and prepping about 20 sheets.

Explore gestural drawings of an owl by emphasizing open facial shapes, big round eyes, textured feathers, and dramatic claws, while practicing wing and edge textures.

Loosely abstract owl collage teaches cutting and gluing collage paper to build a body, wings, claws, and feathered edges while refining final edge details.

Learn to create an owl with mixed media by layering colors, scratching into wet paint, and shaping ears and feathers, then refine with a pale background and final details.

Practice gestural red fox sketches focusing on the face, three-quarter view, and pointy ears, then turn these studies into collage paper for expressive painting.

Learn to paint a red fox in acrylics directly on paper, blend cad red medium with yellow for orange tones, then cut, glue to a surface, and sign the piece.

Create a dynamic abstract painting of flying birds using simple silhouettes from scrap paper, then paint a textured background and scratch into wet paint to reveal edges.

Explore the pale-headed rosella through gestural drawing, balancing familiarity and accuracy while exaggerating certain features, and invest time studying the bird’s head, beak, eyes, and feathers before painting.

Create a playful mixed-media collage of a pale-headed rosella by layering colored papers, applying mod podge, and carving edges against a background to reveal texture and form.

Master the bold, loose elephant painting in acrylics by layering geometric shapes, bold outlines, and collage paper while embracing experimentation, imperfection, and repeated practice to break into new ground.

Apply a minimalistic palette to depict an elephant, using yellow ochre and white with gesso, focusing on value, shading, and shapes of the eye cavities and trunk, and tusks.

learn to build an elephant study with warm greys, darks, white and okra, refining eyes, folds, and lines while embracing imperfections for expressive contrast.

Compare two elephant artworks, note color choices and imperfect symmetry, then prepare a light gray background, cut around the edges with an exacto knife, and mount the piece.

Engage in abstract painting through a loose, gestural rooster collage that combines cut paper, paint layers, and mark-making with ink, charcoal, and color mixing to explore balance and texture.

Cut and arrange six kitty head shapes in varied colors, glue them, then add markings with a sharpie and white gel pen on a soft acrylic background, with pencil scribing.

Experiment with mixed media to create a loose cheetah using yellow ochre, markers, crayons, charcoal, and a touch of gesso for negative space painting.

Explore boar-inspired collage and printmaking techniques by designing and cutting a simple stencil, applying multi-color prints to paper, and finishing with charcoal signature lines.

Explore abstract animal painting of boars using varied media, including pencil, markers, charcoal, and water-soluble paints, focusing on loose edges and negative space.

Explore an experimental monkey painting in chimp part 1, starting from a rough sketch on scrap paper, building wet-on-wet color layers, and reactivating paint to create prints.

Apply pressed charcoal and ink to sketch a chimp, shading the eye, ear, and hair with a fine point brush, then layer earthy greens to define features.

Explore spontaneous turtles painting and collage techniques, balancing structure with creative freedom, and master mark making to explore the relationship between drawing and painting while expanding your skills.

Explore an expressive beagle portrait in abstract animal painting, blending flat yellow ochre with collage paper, open-eyed features, and minimal outlines to emphasize texture and spontaneity.

Create a minimalistic whale in an abstract animal painting course using watercolors and refillable markers, exaggerating features with bold shapes, cutouts, and white highlights.

Explore collage-based cat portraits in the abstract animal painting course, using charcoal, china marker, and negative space painting with gesso to arrange multiple cats on the page.

Create multiple cat portraits using black gesso and paint, add white muzzles and whiskers, refine silhouettes on lighter paper, inspired by Pinterest.

Create playful, abstract cow collages by cutting out shapes, layering color, and using negative space, drawing on loose sketches and colorful media in a field scene.

Paint cows with greens, blues, and turquoise, carving edges and adding spots. Block shapes, add shadows, and outline bellies to create depth and negative space, including a pink nose.

Capture galloping horses in a simple, illustrative watercolor study with an earthy brown monotone palette, featuring overlapping stick-figure forms, varied stride poses, and tails flapping.

Explore dynamic watercolor techniques to render a group of galloping horses, experimenting with overlapping poses, earthy tones, negative space, and controlled thinning and layering of paint.

Add darker layers and bold outlines to convey a stampede of galloping horses, emphasizing the eye, belly, legs, and tail. Refine edges and strengthen white areas for a cohesive composition.

Create a minimalist fish composition by assembling five cutout heads and bodies from scrap paper, gluing them in varying directions, adding stripes, scales, eyes, and a light-blue background.

Mix light blue, sunny white, and water to paint the fish with a natural tail, add soft background detail, then dry between layers and dot eyes before signing.

Create a butterfly collage using varied wing shapes and colors, with glue and detail work. Emphasize balancing easy, relaxed exploration with developing technical fundamentals over time.

Apply acrylic ink and markers to create light and dark wing patterns, add white gel highlights, and subtle graphite antenna details, then sign and date the piece.

Learn to paint a graphic, loose alligator in an abstract animal painting style, using layered textures and color choices, and expressive brushwork to suggest scales, eyes, and ferocity.

Apply a textured background with red outlines and imperfect lines for a gator painting, trim edges, mix purples and blues with green and red for details, then sign and mount.

master negative space painting to depict three galloping horses in watercolor, building depth with light to dark layers while leaving the front horse unpainted and applying color around it.