Dik-dik PDF

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Learn to Paint a Dik-dik in Watercolour, with my Step by Step Downloadable PDF Tutorial

Dik-diks are a small antelope, indeed they are no bigger than a hare. Their name comes from a sort of whistling sound that they make with their nose. Interestingly the dark spot below the inside corner of their eyes, produces a dark, sticky secretion which they use to mark their territories, and their elongated noses help them to stay cool in extremely hot temperatures.

We have a few elements to this painting, so I have classed it as an intermediate tutorial, but none of the steps are too difficult if you work through them gradually. The most complicated aspect of the painting is the nose, it needs to look like it is part of the face, but that it is also protruding quite a long way from it. This can be tricky to achieve, so look very carefully at all the subtle changes in tone and hair direction in this area of the painting.

This is an instant PDF download, you could start painting the Dik-dik in a matter of minutes. You don’t even need to wait for the post to arrive! You will receive a 39-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.