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Wren (back view) Tutorial - intermediate (Patreon)

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2021-10-06 22:05:05
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Hi everyone,

Here's a little wren tutorial that I made about a year ago and I'm posting it for the first time today. This is an Australian Fairy Wren. I was at a place called Simbio Wildlife Park a few years ago taking photos of the animals when this little wren hopped onto a fence railing in front of me. I took quite a few photos of it and I used one of them for this tutorial.

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

I hope you enjoy painting it.

Louise

🤎💙

PS: I am currently working on the old pickup tutorial. I'll be posting it later this month. I  will also make a fairly simple tutorial of a seahorse for the beginner painters this month. I did a study yesterday that I'm happy with so I'll paint another one and film it for a tutorial.

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My tutorials are designed to help you on your creative journey. Any painting you create from a tutorial where I use my own reference photo is for personal use only. They can't be sold or entered into an art competition. I write on the Supplies Lists where the photos come from. Permission is not given to paint any of my earlier paintings that are not tutorials because some of them are licensed. Also, a few of my earlier paintings were painted from photographs where I sought the permission of the photographer. The photographer gave me permission to use it, not others.

If I do a tutorial where I use another photographer's photo (eg from Pixabay or Unsplash) that is available for anyone throughout the world to download (copyright free) and use I’m happy for you to sell the paintings you create from the tutorial.

If I do a tutorial and I use a photo that I have paid for and downloaded from the website Wildlife Reference Photos in order for you to sell the painting you create from the tutorial you need to purchase and download the photograph yourself. This is in accordance with the Terms and Services of the Wildlife Reference Photo website.

If you share a finished painting on social media I would really appreciate it if you could link back to my account (be it on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram) and mention that you painted it in one of my tutorials. @louisedemasi

Thank you!

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Wren Back view for Patreon

Louise De Masi©

Comments

Bobba

Thanks Louise for another wonderful bird tutorial. I am learning so much. Most importantly I'm learning patience with the process. Still some way to go - sigh. . .

Jana Cervinka

Hi everyone. Good to share the journey together! I've tried several tutorials using my Arches 140lb cold pressed paper...unfortunately what happens on Louise's paper doesn't happen on mine...so I just bought Arches 300 lb cold pressed paper. Have you had better results using the same paper as Louise?

Jana Cervinka

Oh my, thank you! Two things particularly. (1) water management (2) bleeding...your colour disperses subtly and blends beautifully while mine doesn't transfer/spread as subtly and remains more localized. I look forward to trying, for the first time, 300 lb paper to experience any differences. BTW my little Wren turned out fairly well...now I'll try it again on the 300 lb paper. Louise, thanks so much!

Louise De Masi

If your paint is not bleeding over the paper you may not have enough water either on your paper, in your paint mix or in your brush when you pick up the paint. Adjust those things to help the paint to bleed. Sometimes, as I mentioned, it may just be that your brush isn't quite wet enough when you pick the paint up.

Jana Cervinka

Thanks for your feedback, Louise. I'll try your suggestions. Your tutorials have helped me better understand water + paper + paint + my brushes + and more! I'm especially enjoying the limited palette of colours you use to produce a variety of hues, tones and shades. Cheers!

Jana Cervinka

Louise, I've got to share! I posted my little wren on a website I'm a member of...overnight I got 405 thumbs up and tons of very kind compliments. I posted that I was getting great benefits from following a tutorial on-line (wasn't sure we were allowed to post artist's names). So many people asked what tutorial I was taking and I replied to them all with your name and highly recommended. Actually one person said my painting looked like a Louise De Masi tutorial. Cheers!

Louise De Masi

That's fabulous Jana. It's wonderful that your painting was so well received! Thank you for letting me know and thank you for telling others about the classes.

Debra wilson

I love how you talk out loud your thought process! Thank you

Louise De Masi

Thanks Debra. I'll try to remember to do it more often. 💕

deborah Perrott

I loved it. Awww such a cute little bird. Beautifully done Louise and lovely clear instruction. Thank you so much. <3

Jacinthe Boudreau

What a beauty this little wren. Wonderful painting Louise and I've also enjoyed listening to your so calm voice :). Thank you so much and this will be my next painting.💞

D. Todd

Love your tutorials. Question: Do you ever use a light table (or light pad) to transfer the image to your watercolor paper? I, too, prefer to do a graphite study before painting, and I find using my light pad to transfer outlines from the graphite study to my paper is cleaner (fewer erasures), and gets me to the "good" part - painting - faster.

Louise De Masi

Hi Todd, thank you! I do have a light box and I use it from time to time. My light box has a faulty switch and I have to keep wiggling the chord where it inserts into the box so these days I find myself using the graphite transfer method more often than not. I need to replace it.

Delores Lopez

Thanks for such a lovely tutorial. I am learning to be more patient with the glazing technique. It is so important to add those layers and smooth the hard edges, in order to achieve that wonderful soft effect that you get! I find these limited palettes of color to be tremendous help w/ achieving a great watercolor!

Albena de Koning

Dear Louise, i dont have prussian blue collor. Can i substitude it with indigo ? Indigo mixes quite wel with burnt sienna and sepia. Or will the result be very deformated ? Thank you very much !

Louise De Masi

Hi Albena, I think that will be ok. Indigo is a beautiful colour. It's an opaque colour so be sure to mix water with it to make it more transparent.

Albena de Koning

Thank you, Louise, I will play a bit more with mixing colors... I find indigo giving a bit to dark apperiance though. I tried phtalo blue as wel, it has more light, but mixes so bad with burnt sienna ....

Tina Drake

Louise, I started my watercolor journey in 2019. You are my all time favorite tutor. You are detailed and explain everything in a easy manor. You seem express patients without even being in the same room with each of us. I appreciate your style of teaching. This little wren is one of my favorite birds you have painted. I think the colors and the simplicity but with just enough detail,, well it's just beautiful. thank you again.

Louise De Masi

Thank you very much Tina. I hope you enjoy painting it. 💕

Marika Roth

Such a pretty bird with such softness of touch. You did not paint the branch that the wren is sitting on. Did you decide to leave it out so the wren is the main focus? If I add the branch, which tutorial is good for practicing that subject matter. Thank you.

Louise De Masi

Thanks Marika, I didn't think a branch was necessary. I've painted a few branches in other bird tutorials. You could have a look at the Butcherbird, The Kingbird or the Rose Robin.

Dorothy Gladsjo

Sigh, I don’t have Prussian blue (yet:) I am going to use ultra marine blue….