A beautiful and fairly subtle little bird and due to the fairly simple patterns and colours a chance to really explore the importance of gesture. The colours for this painting were all from Holbein: Prussian Blue Pthalo Blue Imidazilone Yellow Quinacridone Scarlet It was painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) with a size 14 & size 8 synthetic round brush. You can find the free line drawing at the link below, along with a view photos (none of which are copyright free, but a good bunch to just sketch from:): https://www.patreon.com/posts/38748589 Watercolour Wrens, Full length: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38622469 https://www.patreon.com/posts/38475741 Watercolour Wrens, Time-lapse with Commentary: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38744831 https://www.patreon.com/posts/38511738 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. Blue tit

A couple more British Garden birds in this series, then we're going to dive into some more exotic ones! This time round we're looking at a Wren. Wonderful little birds with the main thing to tackle being those lovely markings! The colours for this painting were all from Holbein: Carmine Red Ultramarine Blue Imidazilone Yellow Quinacridone Gold (Daniel Smith) Burnt Sienna It was painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) with a size 14 & size 8 synthetic round brush. 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. Garden Birds. UK birds. British Birds. Blue tit

A cheeky garden favourite here in the UK, the Blue Tit...sooo fun to paint too!!:) The colours for this painting were all from Holbein: Pyrole Red Prussian Blue Maganese Blue (happily replace the Pthalo or juts use Prussian) 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/37778510 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. Garden Birds. UK birds. British Birds. Blue tit

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.