Have a go at… painting birds

1 To start, draw the beak and eyes following the same techniques and using the same colours described in the Parrot’s Eye and Parrot’s Beak projects but on a slightly smaller scale. Use the same techn

1 With a sharp Black pencil, start by gently outlining the iris and pupil to get the general shape in place. Once you’re happy, you can fill in the pupil using small circular motions to fill the tooth

1 Start by layering Warm Grey 1 over the entire beak. This will serve as a good base for adding darker colours and blending with solvent. Add in the darkest parts of the beak using Dark Sepia, followi

‘The real subject of every painting is light.’ CLAUDE MONET WHENEVER I’M PAINTING A PIECE, I am constantly appraising each movement, blend and nuance along the way. When you break it down, the number

SOMETIMES THE INSPIRATION FOR YOUR NEXT PAINTING can be right in front of you – literally. Trying to find the correct subject with great lighting and composition is quite an art: a lot of images won’t

Gouache is a versatile, opaque medium providing great covering power and the ability to correct errors very easily. The range of colours is relatively small compared to other media, but gouache colour