Learn to Paint Baby Birds in Watercolour, with my Step by Step Downloadable Lesson
Greylags are our most common native goose. They often become very territorial around nesting sites, chasing other large birds away. However, once the chicks have hatched, they all become friends again! A clutch of 3-5 eggs is laid in a nest on the ground, and the female will incubate these for approximately 4 weeks. Once hatched, the birds stay together as a family group until the breeding season the following year.
I have classed this project in the intermediate range, as there are a number of techniques involved, and the fluffy nature of the gosling requires a very light touch. This can be tricky to achieve, and tends to develop with practise, and lots of it! The foreground / background are fun to work on, and would be suitable for any wildlife subject, so are very adaptable. Maybe just work on a section of the painting, and see where it takes you.
This is an instant PDF download, you could start painting this Gosling in a matter of minutes. You don’t even need to wait for the post to arrive! You will receive a 40-page PDF document. Set out in the same way as the tutorials I write for magazines. However, you get lots more large photos of the different stages.
Downloadable lessons enable you to work at your own speed, you can dip in and out of the content, you can spend time studying the fine details and practise the various techniques as often as you like.
Have fun with this lesson, take your time and let me know how you get on. Try printing off the last few pages which have the larger versions of the step-by-step photos for additional help.
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