Learn to Paint a Blue Jay in Watercolour, with my Step by Step Downloadable PDF Tutorial
I can hear a lot of you saying “finally”, and yes I know this bird has been on my ‘to do’ list for a very long time. It has taken ages to find the right photo, with enough interest, and the right sort of pose. Hopefully it will have been worth the wait!
Blue Jays are a large, common songbird in America, and many people will be familiar with them visiting their gardens and backyards. They are very intelligent, not only forming tight family bonds, but also complex social systems too. Like the European Jay that we are more familiar with here in the UK, they are noted to enjoy eating acorns. They will stash them for leaner times, and many of these acorns get forgotten and help with the spread of Oak trees.
It has been great to work on a project, with some nice vibrant colours again, the blues and violets are super shades to mix, and they blend and merge really well together. I have classed this as an intermediate project, mainly because of the complex feather patterns within the wings. However, if you are not daunted by this, there is nothing to stop beginners having a go.
This is an instant PDF download, you could start painting this Blue Jay in a matter of minutes. You don’t even need to wait for the post to arrive! You will receive a 37-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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