The Cornell Lab Bird Academy › Discussion Groups › How to Paint Birds with Jane Kim › Paint: 7 Essential Bird Painting Techniques
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Here you can see my scrap cold-press paper adding texture. 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.
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I noticed I need to hold my brush very close to the tip to have control doing hatch marks.
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Using a waterbrush makes much finer lines for me than a regular brush.
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Definitely tougher than it looks.
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Basic painting techniques exercise was fun but, there is much to improve upon.
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Ria, your basic painting techniques turned out nice. The stipple reminds me of the iridescence of the gorget of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
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