My first proper attempt at a portrait (albeit an informal style one) in watercolour. It was great fun and I loved it. Way out of my comfort zone but there will definitely be more!! The full length version was painted as one of my two weekly livestream Patreon demos for my $20 tier, link below: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt You can also view longer length fully narrated version at the $5 tier, link below: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37574937 I am also particularly active on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherd If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/

The wonderful Goldfinch. Great colours and great character!! The colours for this painting were all from Holbein: Pyrole Red Prussian Blue Imidazilone Yellow It was painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) with a size 14 & size 8 synthetic round brush. You can download the line drawing to copy at the Patreon link below. Simply visit the page and scroll down for the attachment. This is viewable by public, NO account required :) https://www.patreon.com/posts/37293336 Also a great source of copyright free images: Pixabay.com In this series we will be looking at using minimal equipment to create quick & simple, 10 - 20 minute, watercolour paintings of birds. The emphasis will be on lots of movement, character and letting the beautiful medium of watercolour just do it's thing! With just the odd hit of detail. These are going to be fun and expressive watercolours, full of life...and hopefully for everyone from total beginner to seasoned watercolourist. As the series goes on I will be building on the these approaches, principles and tips, so please consider subscribing if this is your thing. You can follow this new series here on YouTube, so be sure to like and subscribe. You can also follow on Instagram TV at the link below. https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/ How to paint birds, particularly in watercolour. Wet into wet techniques in watercolours. Watercolor flying birds and watercolor perched birds, of all sorts, from tropical birds to garden birds, and everything in between.

What a fantastic bird hey!? ..and what a painting subject! A few potential pitfalls but with a few quick tips we can get fresh little watercolours of this beautiful bird! The colours for this painting were all from Holbein: Pyrole Red (orangey red) Pthalo Blue (very strong, very greeney blue) Turquoise Blue (a tiny touch) New Gamboge Yellow (slightly cool, similar to lemon yellow) Cadmium Orange (could be mixd from red and yellow of course, sometimes I'm feeling lazy;) It was painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) with a size 14 & size 8 synthetic round brush. You can download the line drawing to copy at the Patreon link below. Simply visit the page and scroll down for the attachment. This is viewable by public, NO account required :) https://www.patreon.com/posts/37056390 Also a great source of copyright free images: Pixabay.com In this series we will be looking at using minimal equipment to create quick & simple, 10 - 20 minute, watercolour paintings of birds. The emphasis will be on lots of movement, character and letting the beautiful medium of watercolour just do it's thing! With just the odd hit of detail. These are going to be fun and expressive watercolours, full of life...and hopefully for everyone from total beginner to seasoned watercolourist. As the series goes on I will be building on the these approaches, principles and tips, so please consider subscribing if this is your thing. You can follow this new series here on YouTube, so be sure to like and subscribe. You can also follow on Instagram TV at the link below. https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/ How to paint birds, particularly in watercolour. Wet into wet techniques in watercolours. Watercolor flying birds and watercolor perched birds, of all sorts, from tropical birds to garden birds, and everything in between.

I love charcoal! Such an expressive and fun medium, as well as being very versatile..so many ways to use it! Plus there's a joyful simplicity of juts paper, some burnt wood and a rubber. It's a great exercise in looking for and understanding tone, as well as capturing light and creating dramatic pieces of art. You can see the full length real-time tutorial (plus loads more exclusive content) at the link below. Please consider signing up at the Patreon $10 tier: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36666753 At the lower $5 tier on Patreon you can still access the extended 15 minute time-lapse of this charcoal drawing. Plus loads more exclusive quick tips videos and mini-tutorials: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36690476 I am also particularly active on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherd If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/

I love charcoal! Such an expressive and fun medium, as well as being very versatile..so many ways to use it! Plus there's a joyful simplicity of juts paper, some burnt wood and a rubber. It's a great exercise in looking for and understanding tone, as well as capturing light and creating dramatic pieces of art. You can see the full length real-time tutorial (plus loads more exclusive content) at the link below. Please consider signing up at the Patreon $10 tier: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36489297 At the lower $5 tier on Patreon you can still access the extended 15 minute time-lapse of this charcoal drawing. Plus loads more exclusive quick tips videos and mini-tutorials: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36490155 I am also particularly active on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherd If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/

As I mentioned in the last video I love painting flamingoes!...but I love painting flying flamingos even more. So I hope you enjoy this one. Also an attempt to keep these as "quick" watercolours!! The colours for this painting were all from Holbein: Pyrole Red (orangey red) Quinacridone Magenta (cool pinky red) Pthalo Blue (very strong, very greeny blue) New Gamboge Yellow (slightly cool, similar to lemon yellow) It was painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) with a size 14 & size 8 synthetic round brush. You can download the line drawing to copy at the Patreon link below. Simply visit the page and scroll down for the attachment. This is viewable by public, NO account required :) https://www.patreon.com/posts/36457091 In this series we will be looking at using minimal equipment to create quick & simple, 10 - 20 minute, watercolour paintings of birds. The emphasis will be on lots of movement, character and letting the beautiful medium of watercolour just do it's thing! With just the odd hit of detail. These are going to be fun and expressive watercolours, full of life...and hopefully for everyone from total beginner to seasoned watercolourist. As the series goes on I will be building on the these approaches, principles and tips, so please consider subscribing if this is your thing. You can follow this new series here on YouTube, so be sure to like and subscribe. You can also follow on Instagram TV at the link below. https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherd... If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/ How to paint birds, particularly in watercolour. Wet into wet techniques in watercolours. Watercolor flying birds and watercolor perched birds, of all sorts, from tropical birds to garden birds, and everything in between.

Episode 4 in the quick watercolour birds series. From an artist point of view at least, I've always had a slightly obsession with trying to capture Flamingoes in paint!! I think it's the wonderful and unusual shapes and the way light plays on their colours The colours for this painting were all from Holebein: Permanent Red (orangey red) Quinacridone Magenta (cool pinky red) Ultramarine Blue (warm, slightly purpley) Imidazilone Yellow (slightly cool, similar to lemon yellow) It was painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) with a size 14 & size 8 synthetic round brush. You can download the line drawing to copy at the Patreon link below. Simply visit the page and scroll down for the attachment. This is viewable by public, NO account required :) https://www.patreon.com/posts/36345283 In this series we will be looking at using minimal equipment to create quick & simple, 10 - 20 minute, watercolour paintings of birds. The emphasis will be on lots of movement, character and letting the beautiful medium of watercolour just do it's thing! With just the odd hit of detail. These are going to be fun and expressive watercolours, full of life...and hopefully for everyone from total beginner to seasoned watercolourist. As the series goes on I will be building on the these approaches, principles and tips, so please consider subscribing if this is your thing. You can follow this new series here on YouTube, so be sure to like and subscribe. You can also follow on Instagram TV at the link below. https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherd... If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/ How to paint birds, particularly in watercolour. Wet into wet techniques in watercolours. Watercolor flying birds and watercolor perched birds, of all sorts, from tropical birds to garden birds, and everything in between.

Episode 3 in this new series of quick watercolour birds. Don't forget to check out the intro video for a full breakdown of my simple materials! In this video I paint one of my all time favourite, albeit slightly controversial birds, the magpie! Characterful, cheeky and great painting subject, this was really fun to do. This was painted using Pthalo Blue, Pyrole Red (you could happily replace this with an warm red e.g. cadmium, permanent, vermillion etc) and Turqouise Blue by Holbein. I mention a yellow but never used it. It was painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) with a size 14 & size 8 synthetic round brush. You can download the line drawing to copy at the Patreon link below. Simply visit the page and scroll down for the attachment. This is viewable by public, NO account required :) https://www.patreon.com/posts/36068741 In this series we will be looking at using minimal equipment to create quick & simple, 10 - 20 minute, watercolour paintings of birds. The emphasis will be on lots of movement, character and letting the beautiful medium of watercolour just do it's thing! With just the odd hit of detail. These are going to be fun and expressive watercolours, full of life...and hopefully for everyone from total beginner to seasoned watercolourist. As the series goes on I will be building on the these approaches, principles and tips, so please consider subscribing if this is your thing. You can follow this new series here on YouTube, so be sure to like and subscribe. You can also follow on Instagram TV at the link below. https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherd... If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/ How to paint birds, particularly in watercolour. Wet into wet techniques in watercolours. Watercolor flying birds and watercolor perched birds, of all sorts, from tropical birds to garden birds, and everything in between.

Episode 2 in this new series of quick watercolour birds. Don't forget to check out the intro video for a full breakdown of my simple materials. This was painted using Ultramarine Blue, Pyrole Red (you could happily replace this with an warm red e.g. cadmium, permanent, vermillion etc) and the tiniest touch of New Gamboge Yellow. Painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) with a size 14 & size 8 synthetic round brush. You can download the line drawing to copy at the Patreon link below. Simply visit the page and scroll down for the attachment. This is viewable by public, NO account required :) https://www.patreon.com/posts/35889676 In this video I paint one of my favourite wetland birds here in the UK, the Avocet. An elegant shape that's a painter's dream with lovely abstract shapes and simple but fun light and shadow colours. In this series we will be looking at using minimal equipment to create quick & simple, 10 - 20 minute, watercolour paintings of birds. The emphasis will be on lots of movement, character and letting the beautiful medium of watercolour just do it's thing! With just the odd hit of detail. These are going to be fun and expressive watercolours, full of life...and hopefully for everyone from total beginner to seasoned watercolourist. In this episode I simply introduce some basic materials options. As the series develops I will delve deeper into various aspects, of not only the medium of watercolour, but also loads of tricks and tips to develop your observation skills, drawing and painting of birds. You can follow this new series here on YouTube, so be sure to like and subscribe. You can also follow on Instagram TV at the link below. https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherd... If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/ How to paint birds, particularly in watercolour. Wet into wet techniques in watercolours. Watercolor flying birds and watercolor perched birds, of all sorts, from tropical birds to garden birds, and everything in between.