
Step-by-step drawing with a watercolor of a bird will not cause you any difficulties if you follow the instructions
Painting a bird in watercolor is quite accessibleabsolutely everyone. Moreover, such a drawing can be done not only alone, but also together with other family members. This process of work will be especially interesting for children. Thus, you will not only enjoy creativity, but also each other's company. And so that you do not have any difficulties during work, use the step-by-step instructions that we offer in this article. Watercolor paints are well known to everyone since childhood. It was with their help that we created our first drawings in kindergarten and elementary school. Of course, not always and not all of us liked this activity and the reason for such negativity is obvious - the inability to draw. But, nothing is impossible. Absolutely every person can master this type of art, even if they do not have a special talent. It is enough to be patient and use the step-by-step drawing technique. Our lesson today is drawing a bird with watercolors. You can easily see for yourself how easy and simple it is, and also very interesting. To complete the drawing, we need to take tools and materials
- White sheet of paper
- Pencil simple
- Eraser (just in case)
- Watercolor Paints
- Water tank
- Brushes for drawing
At the first stage of work we need to do the mosta simple sketch using a regular pencil. At the same time, do not press too hard on the pencil. The lines and contours should be barely visible and only slightly noticeable. There is absolutely no need to draw all the elements and details of our future colorful image. We will draw them only with watercolors.Now we attach the paper with the drawn sketch totablet. You can use regular masking paper tape as a fastener. Now let's slightly wet the sheet of paper. On which we will draw, but only around the sketch. It should remain dry. Let's make a small number of strokes with ultramarine paint, as well as a mixture of yellow ocher and red. On wet paper, the paint will spread. If you are not satisfied with the result for one reason or another, you can add a little more paint, make additional strokes.
Using bright blue watercolor.We paint the wings of our bird. This should be done so that the shade is translucent. Mix two colors - ultramarine and violet. With the resulting shade we will draw the details on the head of the forest bird. Using the above-mentioned color shades, we draw the chest. In this case, the tone should be faintly visible, translucent.
The next stage of the creative process isclarifying the details of the image. We put black watercolor on the brush and draw the eye. We will make the branch on which the bird sits brown, it can be not very saturated. It is not necessary to draw the branch carefully in all details. It will still look harmonious in the overall concept of our drawing. At this stage, we will darken the bird's chest a little. For this purpose, you can use either umber or sepia. We make several light strokes on the wings, and also cover the bird's beak. The tone of the beak should be light, not to visually weigh down the image.
Considering that we are just learning to drawwatercolor and cannot, like real painters, make the necessary tone of the drawing in the place where it is needed, we will approach the logical completion of the drawing in several stages. Therefore, the next step will be a gradual increase in the saturation of tones and shades. We take black paint and continue to apply strokes in the necessary places. We still have to add feathers. To do this, you need to take a small, thin brush. If you do not like something in the finished background or the bird itself, you can easily slightly correct the drawing by adding a couple of strokes.
Our drawing, painted with watercolors, is completely ready. Let's leave it to dry a little and you can use it as a decoration, for example, by placing it in a frame and hanging it on the wall.