Painting Birds in Watercolor: Ultimate Guide for Beginners
What you'll learn
- Learn negative painting techniques in watercolor to create contrast and vibrancy
- Learn basic watercolour techniques to help you paint feathers, background and trees
- Learn how to paint loosely and vibrantly through the use of wet-in-wet watercolour techniques
- Learn how to paint birds in watercolor using a simple two-step process
- Learn how to draw and compose your subject to ensure your painting is successful
- Learn the basics of colour mixing on the palette and on paper
Requirements
- No prerequisites - watch the materials required lecture for further information
Description
I'm Darren from Watercolour Mentor. In this course, I'm going to show you a simple and effective process so that you can paint five different birds in watercolour. This class will have you painting quickly and loosely in no time.
Included BONUS: Two additional lectures included - learn all the required techniques and processes to sketch and paint a pair of eagles + a detailed hummingbird scene. The bonus lectures are included at the bottom of the list of course lectures.
Bonus Line and Wash Watercolor Workshop included - Beach Landscape!
Painting efficiently is important to create a sense of life and expressiveness in your painting. Often we get bogged down in the details and forget the story we want to tell. In this course, we'll also learn about composition which helps you to tell your story in a particular way - whether it be through colour, detail or including/excluding parts of the reference photo.
You'll gain confidence in loosening up your brush strokes, and will learn some unique negative painting techniques that will help you create striking compositions. This course is for beginners to intermediate learners. You will need a pencil and eraser, watercolour paper (preferably cotton), a large flat or mop brush, a medium flat brush and a small 1-4 round brush for detailing. Join me in this course, and let's get started!
What's covered in the course:
Learn negative painting techniques in watercolor to create contrast and vibrancy
Learn basic watercolour techniques to help you paint feathers, background and trees
Learn how to paint loosely and vibrantly through the use of wet-in-wet watercolour techniques
Learn how to paint birds in watercolor using a simple two-step process
Learn how to draw and compose your subject to ensure your painting is successful
Learn the basics of colour mixing on the palette and on paper
Who this course is for:
- Beginner students in watercolor
- Students interested in painting birds in watercolor
- Students wishing to learn watercolor techniques and negative painting
Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 285 Reviews
- 1,663 Students
- 93 Courses
Hi, I'm Darren Yeo from Watercolour Mentor, and I'm here to Mentor, Encourage and Inspire you in your watercolour journey! I'm a watercolour artist based in Melbourne, Australia. I've taught thousands of students how to create beautiful paintings using a simple two-step process. On my Udemy page, you will find a variety of tutorials that will help you fast-track your progress in watercolour painting.
I am an experienced teacher on various other platforms. My courses contain a large amount of content and information compared to other similar watercolour courses on Udemy. I like to provide as much value as possible in my courses, and different subjects to paint, so students can pick and choose which lectures interest them the most.
Need more support during your course? feel free to send me a message or ask a question in the Q&A and I will get back to you. I want to make sure you get all the help and feedback you need.
I would love to share my knowledge with you and build a friendly community, free of judgement to help you discover this amazing skill and hobby.
My goal is to provide simple videos to make learning watercolours easy & less intimidating! I use a limited palette, and when painting landscapes, have a loose, vibrant and expressive style.
Something unique about me, and Watercolour Mentor is that I have a psychology and educational background. I am passionate in making a difference on a personal level by providing real feedback and mentoring. I would love to hear from you. I'm primarily a watercolour artist and have won awards for my sculptural works. Teaching watercolours is my passion and I look forward to sharing my premium classes with you on this platform.