A SIMPLE & QUICK watercolour painting of a Puffin - including a quick tips section on creating on how to mix deep, rich darks. -- Line drawing (publicly available) -- https://www.patreon.com/posts/43250977 https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt You will also find the copyright free reference photo there, taken from pexels.com -- Puffin Pair -- -Narrated: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43257444 - Quick time-lapse: link to come -- Details -- This easy to understand painting tutorial is designed for watercolorists of any ability or experience level. I try to cover some basic watercolour theory that applies to all subjects, as well as some bird specific tricks & tips to help you improve and progress your own watercolour paintings. The Puffin, or more specifically in this case, the Atlantic Puffin, must be one of the most recognisable and loved seabirds out there. Certainly here the UK. With the strong black and white shapes contrasting the more refined but very colourful areas, they make a truly wonderful painting subject. I try to use a simple approach these watercolours as we are looking for great results but with freshness and excitement to the way we use the paint. -- Materials -- Colours: - Ultramarine Blue - Pthalo Blue - Quinacridone Red - Pyrole Red - Bright Yellow Orange (Holbein) - New Gamboge Yellow - Tiniest touch of Hookers Green Paper: Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) Brushes: Size 16 Round Faux Squirrel Hair Brush Size 10 synthetic round brush. -- Links to me -- https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/ These painting tutorials are designed mostly for watercolorists, with a mixture of theory as well as some how to painting guides. We cover lots of foundational principles to help students progress their painting.

A SIMPLE & QUICK watercolour Hummingbird - including a quick tips section on creating interesting backgrounds. This easy to understand painting tutorial is designed for watercolorists of any ability or experience level. I try to cover some basic watercolour theory that applies to all subjects, as well as some bird specific tricks & tips to help you improve and progress your own watercolour paintings. Another beautiful family of mostly tiny birds, the hummingbirds. And this species, the Bee Hummingbird, is particularly small. I think it may even be the smallest bird in the world. I try to use a simple approach these watercolours as we are looking for great results but with freshness and excitement to the way we use the paint. -- Materials -- Colours: Ultramarine Blue Pthalo Blue Carmine Red Lemon Yellow Turqouise Blue Paper: Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) Brushes: Size 16 Round Faux Squirrel Hair Brush Size 10 synthetic round brush. -- Line drawing (publicly available) -- https://www.patreon.com/posts/42973900 You will also find the copyright free reference photo there, taken from pixabay.com -- Full length narrated paintings -- Green Hummingbird: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42967413 Owl: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42410784 -- Timelapse Videos -- Green Hummingbird: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42973440 Owl: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42721703 https://www.patreon.com/posts/42717801 -- Links to me -- https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TomShepherdArt/ These painting tutorials are designed mostly for watercolorists, with a mixture of theory as well as some how to painting guides. We cover lots of foundational principles to help students progress their painting.

WATERCOLOUR PAINTING theory made SIMPLE. In this video we look at an easy to understand approach to TONAL VALUES, and how that applies to creating vibrant watercolor paintings. This video should be great for watercolor beginners, but I would hope that more experienced painters would also find this useful. We have also been looking at some basic Colour Theory for watercolorists in the previous episodes and will continue to build up on these in future episodes. Previous Episodes: 1) Basic Terms - https://youtu.be/4icHxwdzQYQ 2) Colour vs Tone - https://youtu.be/qnVjTLxivQI 3) Tonal Values (Part 1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE6itosi2Hw 4) Tonal Values (Part 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A8s21LOpuA Please subscribe for lots more to come and don;t forget to check out all my other videos, as well as my Patreon teaching page for more in depth look at all aspects of painting! - Links to me - https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ Watercolour Bites is a How to painting series. Designed mostly for watercolorists, with a mixture of theory as well as some how to painting guides. We cover lots of foundational principles to help students progress their painting.

WATERCOLOUR PAINTING theory made SIMPLE. In this video we look at an easy to understand approach to TONAL VALUES, and how that applies to creating vibrant, exciting and well designed watercolor paintings. This video should be great for watercolor beginners, but I would hope that more experienced painters would also find this useful. We have also been looking at some basic Colour Theory for watercolorists in the previous episodes and will continue to build up on these in future episodes. Scott Burdick Reference: https://www.scottburdick.com/ Batman Artist Mentioned: Lars Elias Nielsen https://www.deviantart.com/larseliasnielsen/art/Batman-Black-And-White-173477709 Previous Episodes: 1) Basic Terms - https://youtu.be/4icHxwdzQYQ 2) Colour vs Tone - https://youtu.be/qnVjTLxivQI 3) Tonal Values (Part 1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE6itosi2Hw Please subscribe for lots more to come and don;t forget to check out all my other videos. As well as my Patreon teaching page for more in depth look at all aspects of painting! - Links to me - https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ Watercolour Bites is a How to painting series. Designed mostly for watercolourists, with a mixture of theory, as well as some how to painting guides. We cover lots of foundational principles to help students progress their painting.

WATERCOLOUR PAINTING theory made SIMPLE. In this video we look at an easy to understand approach to TONAL VALUES, We study how to really simply our values and as a result our subject. We then look at how this can be applied when creating vibrant, exciting and well designed watercolor paintings. This video should be great for watercolor beginners, but I would hope that more experienced painters would find this useful too. We have also been looking at some basic Colour Theory for watercolorists in the previous episodes and will continue to build up on these in future episodes. Batman Artist Mentioned: Lars Elias Nielsen https://www.deviantart.com/larseliasnielsen/art/Batman-Black-And-White-173477709 Other artist mentioned - "Tone does the Hardwork" https://www.lizchaderton.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/lizchaderton/ Previous Episodes: 1) Basic Terms - https://youtu.be/4icHxwdzQYQ 2) Colour vs Tone - https://youtu.be/qnVjTLxivQI Please subscribe for lots more to come and don;t forget to check out all my other videos. As well as my Patreon teaching page for more in depth look at all aspects of painting! - Links to me - https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ Watercolour Bites is a How to painting series. Designed mostly for watercolourists, with a mixture of theory, as well as some how to painting guides. We cover lots of foundational principles to help students progress their painting.

WATERCOLOUR PAINTING theory made SIMPLE. In this video we look at an easy to understand approach to understanding the difference between TONAL VALUES & COLOUR. Including understanding a colours HUE & CHROMA. There are some basic principles of Colour Theory here too. These should help watercolour painters understand how to create vibrant, exciting and well designed watercolor paintings. Will will be building on these principles in future episodes to really help you improve your watercolors. This video should be great for watercolor beginners, but I would hope that more experienced painters would find this useful too. Please subscribe for lots more to come and don;t forget to check out all my other videos. As well as my Patreon teaching page for more in depth look at all aspects of painting! - Links to me - https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ Watercolour Bites is a How to painting series. Designed mostly for watercolourists, with a mixture of theory, as well as some how to painting guides. We cover lots of foundational principles to help students progress their painting.

WATERCOLOUR PAINTING theory made SIMPLE. In this video we look at some basic terms and cover some basic colour theory. With even a basic understanding of these principles of tonal values, hue & chroma, we can quickly improve our watercolor painting. I hope these quick, bite-bite size tutorials will be easily digestable, nutritious, and delicious, nuggets of info that will help watercolorists to create vibrant, exciting and well designed paintings. Will will be building on these principles in future episodes to really help you improve your watercolors. This video should be great for watercolor beginners, but I would hope that more experienced painters would find this useful too. Please subscribe for lots more to come and don;t forget to check out all my other videos. As well as my Patreon teaching page for more in depth look at all aspects of painting! - Links to me - https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist/ https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ - Reference & Image Sources - I highly recommend checking out everything from James Gurney: https://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/01/color-constancy.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsell_color_system https://freesvg.org/man-in-top-hat https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-man-touching-his-head-3752834/ Watercolour Bites is a How to painting series. Designed mostly for watercolourists, with a mixture of theory, as well as some how to painting guides. We cover lots of foundational principles to help students progress their painting.

A quick example of the sort of thing I have on offer over on my Patreon teaching channel. Great for anyone from beginners through to those looking to go much deeper... The 3 practical examples have not yet been released, but you can checkout out my page and the ever growing content at the link below: https://www.patreon.com/TomShepherdArt You can also watch the full length, real-time video of the hornbill painting at this link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/hornbill-colour-41390144 Other useful links: https://www.instagram.com/tomshepherdartist 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. Garden Birds. UK birds. British Birds. Carmine. Africa, African wildlife. Elephant Grey Scale Gradient Image on Thumbnail courtesy of: www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/color-palette

I said there would be more Bee-eaters, and here we are! Southern Carmine Bee Eater in flight...soo much fun!! The colours for this painting were all from Holbein: Pthalo Blue Carmine Red Pyrole Red New Gamboge Yellow Turqouise (Daniel Smith) 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/41375522 You can find a handful of copyright free reference photos there too, along with the main image for this painting from Wikicommons Images: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Merops_nubicoides.jpg/220px-Merops_nubicoides.jpg 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. Garden Birds. UK birds. British Birds. Carmine. Africa, African wildlife