Painting an Eagle 🦅Summer Sky
I created this painting of an eagle in flight for a client. I rarely paint birds and landscapes but I truly enjoyed doing this painting and I wanted to share the process with you.
The funny part is that my client wanted a bigger eagle so I redid the painting and it turned out entirely different then this one. She ask for a bolder painting so I did an orange background. She love it but I personally prefer the ocean scenery and the smaller eagle.
I might add this painting in my
t portfolio for workshops but I am not sure yet. I think that if you are a beginner and never painted before I would recommend starting with the simple silhouette. Here are some easy steps for you:
Trace your eagle. Enlarge the print size according to the size of your canvas. I recommend a smaller canvas like 9 X 14 for example.
Paint the entire background a light blue. Mix a little blue in a lot of white!
Use about 10 drops of water in your paint for transparency. You can always add texture once your entire background is covered.
If you want to use a palette knife for clouds, add paint to knife (no water) and hold the palette knife 45 degrees as you drag it across the canvas. You can make your clouds going horizontally across or add an angle and tilt the knife and go across in light touches.
Practice this a lot. You will eventually discover "your" technique. The most important part is to have fun so that you continue to enjoy painting!
I hope you enjoy my tutorial and please share and subscribe!! A thumbs up always makes me smile ;-)
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