Watercolour BIRDS Quick & Expressive - House Martin, Wildlife Painting Tutorial

A beautiful and fairly subtle little bird and due to the fairly simple patterns and colours a chance to really explore the importance of gesture. The colours for this painting were all from Holbein: Prussian Blue Pthalo Blue Imidazilone Yellow Quinacridone Scarlet It was painted on Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour paper (gummed block) with a size 14 & size 8 synthetic round brush. You can find the free line drawing at the link below, along with a view photos (none of which are copyright free, but a good bunch to just sketch from:):   / 38748589   Watercolour Wrens, Full length:   / 38622469     / 38475741   Watercolour Wrens, Time-lapse with Commentary:   / 38744831     / 38511738   In this series we will be looking at using minimal equipment to create quick & simple, 10 - 20 minute, watercolour paintings of birds. The emphasis will be on lots of movement, character and letting the beautiful medium of watercolour just do it's thing! With just the odd hit of detail. These are going to be fun and expressive watercolours, full of life...and hopefully for everyone from total beginner to seasoned watercolourist. As the series goes on I will be building on the these approaches, principles and tips, so please consider subscribing if this is your thing. You can follow this new series here on YouTube, so be sure to like and subscribe. You can also follow on Instagram TV at the link below.   / tomshepherdartist   If you're keen on deeper tutorials and much more behind the scenes goings one, hop over to my Patreon page. You can also show your support for this new series there too:   / tomshepherdart   Other useful links: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/   / tomshepherdart   How to paint birds, particularly in watercolour. Wet into wet techniques in watercolours. Watercolor flying birds and watercolor perched birds, of all sorts, from tropical birds to garden birds, and everything in between. Garden Birds. UK birds. British Birds. Blue tit