Using classic hatching here we add shadows to our flamingo. Here we also draw a pupil and darken the tip of the beak. If you make the drawing colored, then the head and neck of flamingo should be pink, and the beak should be yellow.
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Edited to add the final paintingfrom the livestream. This has pastel added and then blended with water to soften at the end. You can see that in the video below:) Have a great weekend!
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I had so much fun creating the practise piece for this lesson! This is going to be a fun, loose, watercolor tutorial so check your inner critic at the door and come to my art room and play! We will sketch the flamingo together but please don’t let that scare you, I’ll make it easy, and if you feel like you want a bit more help in the drawing department feel free to check out my new class Learn to Draw with Lindsay, it’s 50% off this month with coupon code DRAWME! If you don’t feel like drawing you can always print and trace the reference photo.
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- Pencil, water buckets, paper towel
- Reference photo we will draw from
- Reference photo for color guidance
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Step 1
At first sketch out the head in a shape of an oval. Then draw the beak and neck using light and slightly curved lines.
Step 2
Make the neck and beak thicker as in our example. Sketch out the line of the eyes. Note, that in the first two steps we should use very light lines.
Step 3
So, here we need to erase all unnecessary guidelines. Then using light and short strokes give the contours of thr head and neck more feathered texture. Draw out the eye and make the beak more thin and refined.
