Oil Painting Tutorial - How to Paint Realistic Bird Eyes
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- This video demonstrates one way to paint owl eyes using Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paint. Since this painting, I've gone back to using traditional oils. If you are using traditional oil paints, the same ideas and techniques would apply.
Many painters prefer to start with what’s in the background or furthest away and come forward. I have a different approach; I like to start with the most intense part of the painting first and work my way out from there. Painting this way ensures the viewer’s focus goes to the eyes because everything else has been built up in a complementary way around them.
The total painting time shown here is about 4.5 hours. Between the two eyes, it’s about 9 hours of painting.
Unique links for materials used are below:
- Golden Gesso: bit.ly/golden-...
- Ivory Black: bit.ly/ws-wm-i...
- Ultramarine Blue: bit.ly/ws-wm-u...
- Indian Red: bit.ly/ws-wm-i...
- Burnt Sienna: bit.ly/ws-wm-b...
- Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue: bit.ly/ws-wm-c...
- Cadmium Yellow Light: bit.ly/ws-wm-c...
- Titanium White: bit.ly/ws-wm-t...
- Silverwhite 5/0 round brush: bit.ly/sw-5-0-...
- Silverwhite 0 round brush: bit.ly/sw-0-round
- John Pike Palette: bit.ly/jp-palette
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Timestamps:
0:09 - smooth canvas texture with extra gesso
0:23 - oil paint colors used
0:54 - add blue to deepen the blacks of pupils
0:57 - painting start
1:15 - outline the edges of the iris with red then fill in with orange
2:05 - add black around the irises to "ground" the eye in the face
2:21 - add grey around the black to add dimension
2:43 - add black to the irises to tone down the colors and create shadows
3:06 - add white highlights to create reflections
3:13 - add blue around the highlights to make them pop
3:26 - once all of the colors are laid down, add extra details to create even more dimension and shape
3:46 - add burnt sienna around pupils
4:36 - let first layer dry
4:42 - second layer start - refine with subtle details
5:10 - second layer finished
Wow they look great. Another great tutorial video. Thank you.
Thanks!
Just beautiful
GOD BLESS
Thank you, Ron!
Nice work Nikita!
Very interesting...I'm gonna try it myself. Looking forward to more educational videos.
All the best! :-)
Thank you! If there are any topics that you are curious about, let me know.
@@NikitaCoulombe Any painting related to the human body, the expressions and emotions of the face and the body.
@@NikitaCoulombe And a masterclass on mixing paint colors would be great too!
@@irfanfarooq99 thank you for the suggestions! I could definitely do one on mixing paint. For some reason, I'm more interested in painting animals than people but if/when that changes I'll definitely share more around that.
@@NikitaCoulombe Thanks! Surely, anything related to animals will be awesome. Looking forward to it! :-)
What do you use to trace or sketch the owl it’s so well-defined,I just absolutely love your techniques thank you so much for sharing your work with us it is so appreciated
Hi Cathy, for this painting I used carbon paper to transfer the main outlines.