Seagulls Tutorial - intermediate (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

Here are some Seagulls that I painted recently. In this tutorial I use wet on dry, wet on wet and dry on dry techniques. I included soft edges, hard edges and lost edges to create variation and depth. 

Like all of my tutorials, I always think it's best to watch it all the way through before you start painting and also take your time with it. I completed this painting over two days and I had completed a full size colour study the day before I started this one. I find painting in watercolor to be tiring so when I'm painting I often take a ten minute break every half hour or so.

I used Fabriano Artistico soft press 100% cotton watercolour paper for this painting. There's no particular reason I chose this paper other than because I enjoy painting on it. I know it's difficult to find so use whatever paper you are comfortable using.

All of the files you need to complete the painting are attached below my message here. I've included plenty of progress photos of my painting to help you. 

The reference photo was taken by Nicky Pe and I downloaded it from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/photos/gull-sea-bird-wildlife-bird-4791928/

I hope you enjoy it and I am looking forward to seeing your paintings.

Louise

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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. I know art supplies are expensive, so it's good to be able to recoup the costs of supplies.

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 Photowebsite.

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Thank you!