Paint a Realistic Raven in Oil 🖤 Moody & Mesmerizing | Easy Step-by-Step Guide!

How to paint a raven (or a crow if you'd prefer!) using oil paint on panel! In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the steps of creating a realistic portrait of a raven on a fence post. I absolutely love painting birds, and this moody raven was just begging to be brought to life with oil. Would you believe that I didn't use any black at all? Watch and find out why...

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Materials used:

- 16" x 12" Russian Birch Panel
- Gesso + Yellow Ochre acrylic paint (see Foggy Fence tutorial for how to prep your surface by visiting:    • Acrylic Painting Landscape Tutorial |...  )
- Colours used: titanium white, ultramarine blue, burnt umber, quinacridone red, burnt sienna, yellow ochre. I typically use Winsor and Newton's artist line.
- Variety of brushes, including a foam brush for priming the canvas
- Liquin by Winsor & Newton for accelerated dry time
- Kamar by Krylon spray varnish (after the video, once the painting has dried for several days)



00:00 Introduction
00:41 Layering in the background
01:36 Sketching in the Raven
02:25 What is Blocking In a Painting?
03:44 Why I don't use black paint from the tube
05:42 Adding details to the feathers