Crow Watercolour Tutorial - Part 1 (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

I hope you’re having a good week. I’ve been very busy! I painted the crow (version 1) painting last week and I wasn’t 100% happy with it. There was a group of feathers that I struggled with and I just couldn’t get them the way I wanted them. I had a vision of what I wanted them to look like in my head and I thought I’d be able to paint it but the paint had other ideas. Nevertheless, I started editing the tutorial over the weekend and then on Monday I kept going with it. On Tuesday I woke up, took another look at my painting and I decided to abandon it and paint another. Yes, I’m a glutton for punishment.

So I spent all day Tuesday painting this second version of the crow and then I had to start this new tutorial.

So without further ado here is Part 1 of the Crow Tutorial. 

This beautiful crow landed on a fence when I was in a park in Sydney. I was there photographing ducklings and when I saw the crow I quickly abandoned the ducklings and got a few shots of him before he flew away.

All of the files you need are attached below.

Part 2 of the Crow Tutorial is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/32094137

This tutorial is suitable for intermediate to advanced painters.

Techniques include:

# Wet on wet work

# Softening edges

# Glazing colours

# Liner brush work

I hope you enjoy it. 💜