Watercolour Wildlife Painting - How To Paint a Red Squirrel

Learn how to paint this delightful Red Squirrel in watercolour by following my relaxed way of teaching. I will show you step by step from the drawing out stage through to the final brush strokes, guiding your through various techniques along the way.

We will be using transfer paper, wet in wet technique, creating a vignette edging, applying masking fluid, mixing the correct paint consistencies, painting a mottled background, forming a realistic eye, building up washes for the body foundation layers, painting detailed fur and finally painting textured wood.

So you have a lot to learn with this video and great for trying out various techniques along the way.
Have fun,
Paul :-)

In the first section of this tutorial we will be making a good start with this lovely red squirrel by getting the drawing onto the paper, adding a background and painting the eye!

In part 2 we will add the all important washes needed to give us the foundation for all the detail work and we make a start on the first layer of detail.

In part 3 we can now add the second layer of detail to really start to create the feeling of depth within the fur.

In part 4 of our red squirrel lesson, we will get the final layer of colour onto the body, all ready for when we add the watercolour white over the top.

In part 5 we complete this lovely red squirrel by adding highlights to the fur and painting a detailed branch.

Thank you so much for following my tutorial. Remember I would love to see how you get on so please share your finished painting with me. Just head to my website www.devonartist.co.uk and send me an email. Now.....what's next? Paul :-)