How to Paint Soft Downy Feathers - How to Paint Birds - Birds in Soft Pastel

Learn how to use soft pastels to paint a bluebird's soft, downy feathers. You'll learn how to apply layers of soft pastels to transform the bluebird into a colorful blend of hues in its chest feathers.

It’s easy to learn how to draw and paint with pastel pencils or soft pastels with many featured bird painting video demonstrations available on my channel.    / pastelartwit...​  

Materials used: Uart 600 sanded paper. Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils and other soft pastels.

Prismacolor NuPastel colors:

Background: Light sap green, olive green, bottle green, Prussian blue

Bird: light blue, ultramarine blue, indigo blue, raw sienna, rust color, white, gray, black

Pastel Pencils: cream, yellow orange, yellow ochre, pale vermillion, cadmium orange, yellow chartreuse (lime) olive green, ultramarine, sky blue

Reference photo Pixabay

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