Lucy Swinburne introduced a photograph of a barn owl for Leisure Painters painting project back in the March issue. Here are her steps for drawing the beak and eyes in pastel: 1. For the beak’s main colour use sharp tan light to fill it in, skimming lightly across the centre highlight. Next, darken the sides with old rose dark then go back over the beak lightly with tan light again. Finally, use sharp white to make the centre highlight stand out. 2. To paint the eyes, start with a light layer of white; this helps the following darker colours that follow to blend easily. Sharpen brown grey and fill in the eyes over the top of the white using two layers to ensure complete coverage, but don’t press too hard. Remember as you are shading that the eyes are the shape of a sphere in real life, not a three-dimensional circle. Read the full demo here painte.rs/1CM07Fe
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:54:00 +0000
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