Budgerigar Tutorial - Intermediate (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

Here is the Budgerigar tutorial. 

Some patience is required with this one with all of the black markings so take your time when you paint them. I used Lamp Black. I thought there was enough to do without worrying about mixing some black paint.

I tried out Langton Prestige watercolour board for the first time with this painting. It's made by Daler Rowney. I found it quite a good surface to paint on. The paint goes on well and the colours are vibrant when they are dry. However, I got in a patchy mess in one section of the painting right up underneath the yellow cheek feathers on the right hand side. The green paint lifted and became patchy so I had to leave it alone and come back later and add a bit more colour when it was completely dry. I'm glad it was bird feathers I was painting and not human skin. I cut a full sheet of this board into quarters for this painting so I have three more pieces I can try before I decide if I'll purchase it again. This is it here: https://www.jacksonsart.com/en-au/daler-rowney-langton-watercolour-board-30x22in-hot-pressed  They are out of stock of it at the moment. I used rough (textured) paper because that was all I could find here in Australia.

All of the files you need are attached below my message here.

I downloaded the reference photo from Pixabay. It was taken by Andreas Lischka. Here is the link: https://pixabay.com/photos/budgie-bird-parakeet-animals-2201256/

I've also put the link for the photo on the Supplies List.

I'll put this tutorial on the indexes so you can find it and paint it when you are ready.

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Index Links:

Website index with images: http://www.louisedemasi.com/new-index

Patreon word index: https://www.patreon.com/posts/34865676

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Have fun! I hope you enjoy it.

Louise

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