Let's Paint a Quirky Bird - Introduction to Mixed Media

This whacky and fanciful bird was created in two main steps - a watercolor background using Kuretake Gansai Tambi paints, and a watercolor pencil layer of doodling embellishment using Derwent Inktense pencils. Finally I added a few touches and tidied it up a bit with a white Uniball Signo gel pen.

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I've been working on a lot of colorful abstract and semi-abstract paintings and patterns recently, and this playful bird brings together lots of different ideas from those paintings, as well as building on the #paintabirdaday challenge from last year, where we painted quick, easy, quirky and characterful birds every day to keep the blues away and to loosen up and take a step towards finding our own painting style. You can find all of the #paintabirdaday tutorials in this playlist:    • Paint a Bird a Day #paintabirdaday  

Here's the sketchbook I'm using...
Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook 5.5x8.5” https://amzn.to/41gIXgZ

And here's the bigger size...
Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook 8.5x11” https://amzn.to/3YRg35F

These are my paints, pencils and pens...
Kuretake Gainsai Tambi 48 Color Set https://amzn.to/3zZX8Kn
Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils https://amzn.to/3yucSGe
Uniball Signo Gel Pen Set of 10 Assorted Colors https://amzn.to/3SBegxA

00:00 Introduction
00:34 Using a Canson XL sketchbook
00:58 Sketching the bird
02:06 Painting the background
09:11 Adding Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils
15:42 Adding Uniball Signo white pen
18:11 Final touches

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In all my watercolor tutorials, I show you a simple painting for beginners in detail and in real time. By painting along you will learn all the techniques you need to create amazing art. Your watercolor skills will improve quickly when you practice these easy paintings! Whether you want to paint bookmarks, greetings cards, embellishments for junk journals, gifts or ambitious landscapes, you’ll gain confidence and experience by trying my projects.

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