African Sunbird

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  • Use an alternative underpainting technique
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Level: Intermediate

With some fine details and colours to balance, this is a good one for people with some experience.

Colour Balance

Use brightly saturated colours without losing realism at the same time.

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Gain access to 14 video lessons and a downloadable PDF guide with reference images, too.

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Working on Light Paper

Changing the value of your paper greatly alters how your pencils show up. See how we can use this to our advantage for this brightly coloured bird.

Choose Wisely

See how I pick out pencils for the project and use these ideas to help you with your own drawings. 

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Balance

Create a simple foreground that adds balance and interest to your work using simple composition ideas. 

Realism

Use value to create realism and a captivating eye that appears to hold your gaze! 

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An art membership gives you access to all of my pastel pencil online courses. That's well over 65 hours of content! 

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