Bird Painting Workshop (self-paced)
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Welcome to the Bird Painting Workshop!

Intro Video (length: 4:59 min)
Course Overview
Video: Materials list, detailed discussion (length: 38:37 min)
Bird Painting Materials List
Frequently Asked Questions
Resources and References

Bird Anatomy folder
Bird Photo Reference Library
Contemporary Birds Paintings
Historical Bird Paintings
Module 1

What you'll learn:
Day 1

Delayed 1 days

Inspiration: Birds in Ancient Egyptian Art
Video: a bird in 3 lines (length: 2:59 min)
Exercise: draw an imaginary bird
Day 2

Delayed 2 days

Inspiration: Leonardo Da Vinci's "Codex on the Flight of Birds"
Video: Bird Anatomy (length: 11:33)
Exercise: study bird anatomy
Day 3

Delayed 3 days

Inspiration: Bird drawings by Parmigianino
Exercise: graphite thumbnail studies
Day 4

Delayed 4 days

Inspiration: bird painting of the Medici Court
Exercise: thumbnail studies using ink
Day 5

Delayed 5 days

Inspiration: bird paintings of the Song Dynasty
Exercise: tonal bird studies
Day 6

Delayed 6 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Pierre Eskrich
Exercise: a monochromatic study on toned paper
Module 2

Delayed 7 days

What you'll learn:
Video: Birds Through the Ages (length: 55:44 min)
Video: Introduction to the dry brush technique (5:19)
Day 7

Delayed 7 days

Inspiration: "The Concourse of the Birds" by Habiballah of Sava
Exercise: quick studies from life
Day 8

Delayed 8 days

🎨 Inspiration: Albrecht Durer's Birds
🦉 Exercise: begin your master copy
Video: "Little Owl" demo (length: 14:20)
Video: "Little Owl" demo, part I (extended, length:18:59)
Day 9

Delayed 9 days

Inspiration: "The Goldfinch" by Carel Fabritius
Exercise: build your lights and shadows
Video: "Little Owl" demo, part II (extended, length: 15:11)
Day 10

Delayed 10 days

Inspiration: the birds of Hieronymous Bosch
What to do today: finish your master copy
"Little Owl" demo, part III (extended, length: 01:33:04)
Day 11

Delayed 11 days

Inspirartion: bird paintings by John Ruskin
Exercise: begin a feather painting
Video: Feather Painting Demo
Video: Feather demo, part I (extended, length: 11:50)
Day 12

Delayed 12 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Eliza Turck
Exercise: add color to your feather
Video: Feather demo, part II (extended, length: 1:47:03)
Day 13

Delayed 13 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Kitagawa Utamaro
Exercise: take what you've learned for an adventure!
Module 3

Delayed 14 days

What you'll learn:
Video lecture: Birds in Contemporary Art (length: 21:40)
Video: Introduction to Color Theory (length: 7:58)
Day 14

Delayed 14 days

Inspiration: bird drawings by Henry Emerson Tuttle
Video: Watercolor demo: mixed media technique (length: 12:46 min)
Exercise: an underdrawing for your next painting.
Video: Mixed media demo, part I (extended, length: 52:14 min)
Day 15

Delayed 15 days

Inspiration: "Birds of America" by John James Audubon
Exercise: seal your drawing with ink
Video: Mixed Media Demo, part II (extended, length: 09:01min)
Day 16

Delayed 16 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Elizabeth Gould
Exercise: focus on lights and shadows
Mixed Media Demo, part III (extended, 17:00 min)
Day 17

Delayed 17 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Martin Johnson Heade
Exercise: add details to your mixed media bird painting
Video: Mixed Media Demo, part IV (extended, length: 30.06 min)
If you're switching to oil paint: prepare your support
Video: Preparing a toned surface for oil painting (length: 1:33)
Day 18

Delayed 18 days

Inspiration: bird prints by Janet Turck
Exercise: glazing with watercolor
Video: Mixed Media Demo, part V (extended, length: 12:33 min)
Video: Dead Coloring Demo, part I (length: 5:48) -oil painting
Exercise (oil) - establish your drawing
Video: Dead Coloring Demo, part I (extended, length: 10:50min), oil painting
Day 19

Delayed 19 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Walton Ford
Exercise (watercolor): continue glazing
Video: Mixed Media Demo, part VI (extended, length: 19:49 min)
Exercise (oil): - establish your dead coloring
Video: Dead Coloring Demo, part II (extended, length: 15:42 min), oil painting
Day 20

Delayed 20 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Sarah Margaret Gibson
Exercise (watercolor): - work on your edges
Video: Mixed media technique demo, part VII (extended, length: 14:49min)
Video: Dead coloring demo, part II (length: 19:08), oil painting
Exercise (oil): paint on top of your dead coloring layer
Video: Dead Coloring Demo, part III (extended, length: 39:44 min), oil painting
Day 21

Delayed 21 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Wade Schuman
Exercise (watercolor): finish your mixed media bird
Video: Mixed media technique demo, part VIII (extended, length: 14:35 min)
Exercise (oil): background and edges
Video: Dead Coloring Demo, part IV (extended, length: 31:54 min), oil painting
Module 4

Delayed 21 days

What you'll learn:
Video: Glazing
Day 22

Delayed 22 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Greg Oakley
Gouache on Vellum Demo
Exercise (watercolor): begin your bird on vellum
Video: painting on vellum demo, part I (extended, length: 32:50 min)
Exercise (oil painting): glaze and add detail
Video: Dead Coloring Demo, part V (extended, length: 26:37)
Day 23

Delayed 23 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Vanessa Foley
Exercise: water media - establish local color
Video: painting on vellum demo, part I (extended, length: 14:34 min)
Oil painting: Venetian painting technique, part I (length: 7:09)
Exercise (oil) - begin a bird using the Venetian painting technique
Video: Venetian painting technique, part I (extended, length: 32:26 min), oil painting
Day 24

Delayed 24 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Laura Kennedy
Exercise (watercolor): continue your vellum painting
Video: painting on vellum demo, part III (extended, length: 21:27 min)
Exercise (oil): paint into your lights
Video: Venetian painting technique, part II (extended, length: 10:21 min), oil painting
Day 25

Delayed 25 days

Inspiration: bird drawings by Tyler Vouros
Exercise (watercolor): continue your vellum painting
Video: painting on vellum demo, part IV (extended, length: 47:58 min)
Exercise (oil): work on your lights and midtones
Video: Venetian painting technique, part III (extended, length: 12:27 min), oil painting
Day 26

Delayed 26 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Shae Warnick
Exercise (watercolor): glazing and hatching with dry brush
Video: painting on vellum demo, part V (extended, length: 1:32:10 min)
Venetian Painting Technique, Continued (Falcon)
Exercise (oil)- work on your bird's head
Video: Venetian painting technique, part IV (extended, length: 12:09 min), oil painting
Day 27

Delayed 27 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Vasilisa Romanenko
Exercise (watercolor): work on the details
Video: painting on vellum demo, part VI (extended, length: 31:14 min)
Exercise (oil painting)- begin your details
Video: Venetian painting technique, part V (extended, length: 11:33 min), oil painting
Day 28

Delayed 28 days

Inspiration: bird paintings by Lindsay Kustuch
Exercise (watercolor) - add opaque highlights
Video: painting on vellum demo, part VII (extended, length: 24:21 min)
Exercise (oil painting) - glaze
Video: Venetian painting technique, part VI (extended, length: 23:57 min), oil painting
Day 29

Delayed 29 days

Inspiration: bird paper sculptures by Nayan Shrimali and Venus Vaishali
Exercise: refine your edges and focus on details
Video: painting on vellum, part I (extended, length: 21:35 min)
Video: Venetian painting technique, part IV (extended, length: 30.24 min), oil painting
Day 30

Delayed 30 days

Inspiration :"Bird by Bird" by Dina Brodsky
Exercise: celebrate!
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Inspiration: bird paintings by Sarah Margaret Gibson

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