The Cornell Lab Bird Academy Discussion Groups How to Paint Birds with Jane Kim Paint: 7 Essential Bird Painting Techniques

    • Bird Academy
      Bird Academy
      Share your work! This forum is a space for you and others taking the course to share, comment, and exchange helpful ideas.
      You must be enrolled in the course to reply to this topic.
    • Gerry
      Participant
      Chirps: 7
      IMG_2046
    • Gerry
      Participant
      Chirps: 7
      Enjoyed this lesson. Learning to load the brush, both colour and water.The scallop was a good and fun lesson.IMG_2040
    • Janet
      Participant
      Chirps: 12
      IMG_6459
    • Stephanie
      Participant
      Chirps: 8
      Here you can see my scrap cold-press paper adding texture. Dizzy Texture Paint and there, where the lines were supposed to be parallel, you can see where I may have gotten dizzy.  I could have used a larger brush... that may have helped.
    • Maranda
      Participant
      Chirps: 5
      I noticed I need to hold my brush very close to the tip to have control doing hatch marks. 20231218_123344
    • Cote
      Participant
      Chirps: 17
      20231214_131647~2
    • techniques Using a waterbrush makes much finer lines for me than a regular brush.
    • Sally
      Participant
      Chirps: 12
      Paint techniques w:Jane
    • Joanne
      Participant
      Chirps: 5
      image
    • Margaret
      Participant
      Chirps: 9
      IMG_1869
    • Karen
      Participant
      Chirps: 15
      024BFCAB-C1FF-4908-B7E2-C81DD20B1BE0
    • Debby
      Participant
      Chirps: 8
      Definitely tougher than it looks.  IMG_7763
    • Kathleen
      Participant
      Chirps: 74
      Basic painting techniques exercise was fun but,  there is much to improve upon.IMG_5998
    • Jenny
      Participant
      Chirps: 12
      Paint Birds 7
    • Stephanie
      Participant
      Chirps: 6
      3AB728DD-2E1D-4964-85B1-89611FF100A7
    • Maribeth
      Participant
      Chirps: 43
      IMG_4694 copy
    • Linda
      Participant
      Chirps: 4
      A7A42DA4-1D0E-47DA-AE5A-8D90B639C13F
    • Ria
      Participant
      Chirps: 22
      28E60B9F-DCA7-4E15-AC18-12FAC0889E45
      • Kathleen
        Participant
        Chirps: 74
        Ria, your basic painting techniques turned out nice. The stipple reminds me of the iridescence of the gorget of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.