Learn to Paint a Koala in Watercolour, with my Step by Step Downloadable PDF Tutorial

Koalas are tree-dwelling marsupials native to eastern and southern Australia. Their likeness to bears has led to them being called Koala bears, but they are not related to bears at all. They are a solitary animal remaining around perhaps a dozen Eucalyptus trees, and they are fussy eaters, only eating leaves from certain species of Eucalyptus. This makes them particularly vulnerable to changes within their environment.

There is no denying that this is a large project, there’s a lot of fur, a lot of bark, and a lot of white detail too. I have classed it as an intermediate project as there are a lot of repetitive sections. Once a technique is mastered for these areas, it is just a case of replicating them over a large area. So a little practise can go a long way. Throughout this project always work light to dark, it will enable fine adjustments along the way that may be very important to the look of the overall painting.

This is an instant PDF download, you could start painting this Koala 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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