With the addition of a fine round 00 watercolor brush and Titanium White by Winsor & Newton I was able to represent the fine detail of the feathers on these Mountain Bluebirds.
Mountain Bluebird watercolor
Mountain Bluebird watercolor
Watercolor instruction
Several artists who have YouTube channels have been helpful to me in learning further how to watercolor. Pen and Ink has been my medium of choice through my artist life but the pull of color has been coming along for a few years now. I recently found Louise De Masi a watercolor artist from Australia whose tutorials are a lot of fun and very helpful. This is one of my recent paintings combining watercolor and pen & ink.
Harris Hawk in pen & ink and watercolor
“I believe there are few people with true talent - talent, for most of us, is developed by effort, desire, tenacity and discipline.”
Joe Garcia - Mastering the Watercolor Wash
Watercolor and pen & ink
Make sure you have a good strong reference photo
make a tight well drawn sketch before painting
colors have to be right, practice with your paint and learn what it can do
train yourself to see not just look at your subject
