SACRED KINGFISHER – PATREON Painting Tutorial in Watercolour
SACRED KINGFISHER – PATREON Painting Tutorial in Watercolour
Welcome to this month’s PATREON painting lesson exploring another gorgeous bird painting subject in watercolour together. Its a wonderful challenge to keep you learning all about realistic watercolour and bird illustration. The Sacred Kingfisher is so beautiful, and this study has been designed as a perfect taste testing, Level 1 or Green graded tutorial to dip your toes in to, giving you a broad, practical and relevant cross section of techniques and practice for this subject, and bird painting in general. A favourite topic for certain, its also a wonderful addition to our Azure Kingfisher lesson (also available), continuing on with our Kingfisher exploration as requested, and promised.
Our reference for this course comes with huge thanks to our photographer Andrew Haysom 🙏🏻 I hope youll join me for this new creative journey, learning all about the rendering of our Sacred Kingfisher.
This SACRED KINGFISHER TUTORIAL is a complete, step-by-step painting lesson, guiding you through the full process of creating a realistic kingfisher study in watercolour. Designed to build on your existing knowledge while introducing fresh, painterly techniques, this course will help you take another confident step forward in your creative journey… So let’s take a look at what’s included in this month’s tutorial and dive in!
Every single painting and challenge brings something unique to the table, and with it, plenty of new things to learn.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Painterly Exploration: Take a slightly looser, more painterly approach while still maintaining beautiful control and realism. Learn to balance spontaneity with refinement to bring the Sacred Kingfisher to life.
- Exploring Colour: Discover how to develop bold, expressive colours in luminous layers. From rich turquoise feathers to delicate belly tones, we explore the balance of water, pigment, and timing… and more on my language of colour and its use.
- Refining Realism: Learn how to manage the delicate ‘push and pull’ of the medium with a combination of painting techniques to create smooth transitions, wonderful textures and intricate details in your painting.
- Feather Work & Form: From the head and shoulders to wings and belly, this study offers a full suite of essential watercolour techniques, giving you a well-rounded cross-section of skills in our subject focus.
- A Complete Guided Process: Every step of the way, I’ll be there to guide and encourage you, helping you understand not just the ‘how’, helping you towards successful, independent painting.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
- Realistic Bird Painting: Step-by-step instruction on how to illustrate the Sacred Kingfisher with clarity, precision, and personal expression, from our initial drawing to completion.
- Watercolour Techniques: Build mastery in timing, wash application and control, glazing, and refinement as we develop texture, colour depth, and feather nuance in a realistic context.
- Confident Brushwork: Learn to paint more intuitively with both softness and control, developing your understanding of how to manage and manipulate the medium with timing.
WHY JOIN?
This Sacred Kingfisher tutorial is ideal for artists wanting to refine their watercolour technique, deepen their confidence in realism, or simply enjoy the joy of painting a truly beautiful bird. Whether you’re building on past lessons or starting something new, this project offers a rich creative experience filled with colour, learning, and artistic exploration in your own space and time. This is the perfect opportunity to take a creative pause, grow your skills, and create something truly special.
COURSE FEATURES:
- Step-by-Step Video Lessons: Structured, detailed guidance that walks you through every stage of the painting.
- Technique Building: Expand your skill set with practical, focused exercises that enhance understanding and control of watercolour.
- Flexible Creativity: Paint in your own space and time
- Artistic Fulfilment: Enjoy a peaceful, inspiring project that nourishes your creativity and strengthens your connection to the natural world, and self, through painting.
Join me and let’s explore the Sacred Kingfisher as our subject next, live on PATREON on the 8th!
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The image for this tutorial comes with thanks to Andrew Haysom 🙏🏻
Check out these links for more information
Get started on the SACRED KINGFISHER painting tutorial
See this painting in short time lapse (more on Patreon)
Watch the course introduction clip
Did you know, the SACRED KINGFISHER painting tutorial is just one of a range of bird painting, botanical illustration and natural history studies in my own realistic watercolour painting style on offer? Why not check out what else is available. Theres lots on offer and we’d love to see you there!
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