Bearded Reedling PDF

Description

Learn to Paint a Bearded Reedling in Watercolour, with my Step by Step Downloadable PDF Tutorial

Bearded Reedlings, or Bearded Tits as they used to be known, are a small bird found in large reedbeds. They have an obvious black moustache and no beard, so don’t be fooled by their name. They have an interesting ability to completely switch their diet. In the summer months, they will heat insects, but then in the winter eat seeds, which are by then more plentiful. To grind the seeds they eat grit, and it is around grit trays that we have usually seen them on nature reserves.

This is an intermediate level lesson, with a strong focus on subtle soft blending and shading. The addition of a strong background calls for careful brush strokes around the edge of the bird, as the colour could potentially bleed into the plumage. I decided to omit quite a lot of detail from the original photo, and focused just on a single reed and one leaf, but if you want to include more of a background, be my guest!

This is an instant PDF download, you could start painting the Bearded Reedling in a matter of minutes. You don’t even need to wait for the post to arrive! You will receive a 36-page PDF document. Set out in the same way as the tutorials I write for magazines. However, you get lots more large photos of the different stages.

Downloadable lessons enable you to work at your own speed, you can dip in and out of the content, you can spend time studying the fine details and practise the various techniques as often as you like.

Have fun with this lesson, take your time and let me know how you get on. Try printing off the last few pages which have the larger versions of the step-by-step photos for additional help.