I use these four techniques in almost every painting, and they take my art to the next level. First, I'll demo each technique and give you ideas for how to use them, then we'll put all four techniques into practice as we paint this bird from start to finish!

Black bird reference photo, thank you to Phil Botha on Unsplash:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H0Lh...

Black bird JPG tracing file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cfqo...

Fabriano Studio Cold Press Paper: https://amzn.to/3VnkSUq
Princeton Grainer Brush: https://amzn.to/4g3vlgb

CONTENTS
00:10 Scraping demo
02:10 Lifting demo
03:20 Glazing demo
03:45 Grainer brush demo
04:25 Black bird tracing
04:40 Supplies
05:07 Base with "pencil painting" demo
06:12 Eye
06:43 Wings
07:51 Beak
08:03 My 3step process
08:41 Technique: grainer brush
10:16 Technique: scraping
11:37 Technique: glazing
12:20 Finishing the eye
12:50 Face details
14:17 More scraping
14:57 Technique: lifting
15:49 Technique: glazing with glitter paint
16:20 Splatter
16:51 Final eye details

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I'm Jess. I show artists (that's you!) how to harness the 333 method by teaching you the techniques, principles and properties of watercolor so you can experience the joy of watercolor with your first painting, without wasting precious time and supplies.

My favorite thing to paint are dogs, they are so expressive. I'm so proud to have won three ribbons (so far!) from the Minnesota State Fair and even more proud to share everything I've learned about watercolor with artists like you. Let's paint!

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