We present to you a lesson on painting with watercolors. Today we will show you how to draw little birds sitting on a branch.

So, let's prepare all the necessary tools for work:

- thick watercolor paper of any format;

- HB pencil;

— synthetic brush No. 5 and No. 2;

- watercolor honey paints.

Let's start work! On a sheet of watercolor paper, draw this sketch of the birds (enlarged).

We draw only the outline of the birds and branches. It is better to use an HB pencil or a harder one to make the lines thinner and clearer.

Pale yellow watercolor with a lot of water marks the bellies of the birds.

Then, using a brown tint, we draw a thin branch on which our birds are sitting.

We create the paws with a richer brown tone. We draw the paws of only the closest three birds.

After that, use a light brown and yellow tone to create shadows on the abdomen.

And then we blur the edges of the stains with water.

Leave the picture for a few minutes so that all the water is completely absorbed.

Now we saturate the picture with bright shades. Using pure blue color we draw the backs, wings and tails of the birds.

We outline the outline of the tummies and beaks in a dense brown tone. And then we blur the inner edge of the outline.

Using black we add contrast to the feathers. Afterwards, carefully wash away the dark spots with clean water.

We also draw small eyes. We mark the shadow of the birds on the branch.

We mix two tones - yellow and white, and then draw the beaks with the resulting shade. Use white watercolor to create highlights on the eyes. We paint the twig with a light brown tint.

Let's make the background airy without much specificity. We wet the leaf with water, and then apply a green watercolor tone in spots, imitating the foliage of a tree. We outline the sky with a pale blue tone.

Let's add a little precision to the work. Using thin and clear strokes we draw the paws and beaks.

That's it, the work is ready!

The birds turned out to be bright and contrasting, but at the same time the picture turned out to be light and not overloaded.

How to draw a bird - watercolor painting lesson

Drawing a forest bird

Today I will tell you how to draw a forest bird. It's best to paint with a group. Call your loved ones, friends or relatives. Drawing can be a wonderful pastime for you. Not only will you have a great time with people close to you, but you will also take another step in understanding the art of drawing.

First, we make a small, barely visible sketch of the bird, almost without drawing any details.

We attach a sheet of paper to the tablet using weak masking tape (paper). First, I wet the paper around it, leaving the bird itself dry. Then, with a movement of the brush, I applied several strokes of ultramarine and a mixture of yellow and red ocher. Watch how the paint spreads.

You can also add strokes if you are not happy with the result. We also cover the bird’s wings with a translucent tone of bright blue. On the head we use a mixture of violet and ultramarine. And we cover the bird’s breast with an almost transparent color, using all the colors that were suggested above.

We begin to clarify the details. We draw the eye in black and outline the branch in brown. Darken the chest with sepia or umber. Apply strokes to the wings and cover the beak with a light tone.

Now black can be taken to full strength of tone, we gradually increase the saturation, you need to be skillful, a master in order to put the right tone in the right place from the first strokes. Therefore, we will approach completion step by step.

Take a small brush and paint on the feathers. Here and there you can add strokes to the background. Now we're done!

Lesson summary on it: "Exotic bird hoopoe"

with a drawing master class.

Nadezhda Yuryevna Gorbova, teacher at the Children's Art School, Yaransky district, Kirov region, Yaransk city.
Description: This lesson summary is intended for fine arts teachers, additional education teachers, children over 8 years old and their parents.
Purpose: Great idea for a gift or interior decoration. You can depict such a bird using gouache, plasticineography, appliqué techniques...
Target: acquaintance through a fairy tale with the exotic bird hoopoe and making a bright watercolor drawing using the “wet on” technique.
Tasks:
- introduce the exotic bird hoopoe through a fairy tale;
- consolidation of work skills in “raw” technology
- further development of color sensation;
- development of attention, accuracy.
Materials: for the teacher, a sample drawing of a hoopoe, a fairy tale about a hoopoe;
for students: a watercolor sheet of A4 paper, watercolors, squirrel brushes, a jar of water, a cloth, a graphite pencil.

During the classes:

Teacher: Hello guys! In many Russian folk tales, the main characters are animals. Which ones do you know?
Students: Hare, wolf, fox, hedgehog, bear, squirrel.
Teacher: Right! Think about what character a squirrel has?
Students: She is agile, fast, jumping and naughty. He doesn't offend anyone, he's friends with everyone.
Teacher: What about the hedgehog?
Students: He is reasonable, smart, although prickly.
Teacher: What about the fox?
Students: She is cunning and resourceful.
Teacher: The main characters of fairy tales can also be birds - the cuckoo, the white-sided magpie, the woodpecker, the starling, the nightingale.
Now listen to the fairy tale, and then we will draw our main character.

Gold Crown.

Once upon a time there lived King Samad in a beautiful palace, and around the palace there was a green garden rustling with leaves. In the garden, animals walked along the paths and deer birds nibbled the grass, birds of paradise and parrots sat on tree branches. Peacocks spread their wonderful tails, and baby hummingbirds flew from flower to flower, drinking sweet nectar, like elegant butterflies.
But most of all the king loved the hoopoe. I fed him grains by hand. The hoopoe is such a cute bird with bright plumage.
One day the king sat on a camel, took a box with gifts - gold, silver and precious stones and went to visit his friend, another king, to congratulate him on the birth of his son. He was accompanied by devoted servants.
But at night the camel caravan was attacked by robbers. They took away all the camels, took away all the king’s gifts, and killed his servants. Samad was left alone in the desert. What to do?
He decided to return to the palace. He waited until morning and walked alone through the desert.
The sun rose high and burned mercilessly. The old king was barely walking among the sandy desert, when suddenly a cloud appeared above him and protected the king’s head from the hot rays of the sun. Samed looked up and saw his favorite hoopoe flying above him. All day he saved the king from the heat, and in the evening he returned home.
The king stroked the faithful bird and asked the hoopoe how to thank him. The hoopoe thought and answered:
-I’ll fly to my nest and ask my wife.
I think you guessed that Samed understood the language of animals and birds and could speak it.
Meanwhile, the hoopoe flew to his wife.
-To ask the king? - he asked his wife.
She thought and answered:
-Ask Samed for two golden crowns - for you and for me. Wearing crowns will make us more important than all other birds!
The hoopoe obeyed his wife, flew to the king and asked him for two golden crowns.
“Well,” replied King Samed, “you will receive crowns, you deserve them.”
The next day, the hoopoe and his wife flew to Samed, and he himself put golden crowns studded with pearls and diamonds on their heads.
The birds bowed low to the king and thanked him for the precious gift.
But, alas, the golden crowns did not bring happiness to the hoopoes! Bird hunters tried to catch them, placing traps everywhere they wanted to lure the birds. One day, a hoopoe almost fell into a trap, but a small hummingbird warned him of the danger.
Then the hoopoe again flew to King Samed and told him: “The golden crowns will destroy us, take them back.”
- Yes you are right! - the king agreed. - People are greedy, they love gold and precious stones, for the sake of them they can destroy you and your wife.
He removed the golden crowns from the heads of the hoopoes. But, so that the birds would not be offended, he touched their heads with a magic feather, and immediately beautiful crowns appeared on the heads of the hoopoes, of which the birds were very proud.
(Shorygina T. A., Literary fairy tales. Conversations with children about prose, poetry and folklore. - M.: TC Sfera, 2015. - 96 p. - (Fairy tales-tips)).

Teacher: What a hoopoe bird! Now take the watercolor sheet that you have on your desk and place it vertically. First, with thin lines, outline the size of the bird, the body, and the head in the form of an oval. The wings are folded together on the back. The hoopoe has a long, thin beak.

Then draw the feathers on the head. This bird has a very interesting pattern on its wings; the feathers on them are black and white. Therefore, we will carefully shade the dark places to make it easier to paint with watercolors later.

Wet the leaf well with clean water. We are waiting for the water to be absorbed. There should be no puddles on the sheet. We take thicker orange paint on the cyst and apply it to the head and neck of the hoopoe. We immediately write the background.

We draw black tips of the feathers and the nose. Add blue, purple, green to black…….

Then we begin to draw a dark pattern on the wings of the hoopoe. Paint over the log. We also use different shades of brown.

As it dries, you can add details (eye, beak). Let's draw twigs and leaves on the background. Let's comb the feathers again with a dark brush. Let's draw a shadow under the bird on the log.

To paint the picture we will need:

1. Brush 1″ flat (flat)
2. Brush No. 2 round (thin brush for fine work)
3. HB (TM) pencil
4. Watercolor colors: Indigo (dark blue), Gray (heavily diluted with water Black) and Burnt Sienna

Let's take a photo of the bird that we will draw.

First, let's mark the main lines of the picture. The idea is not to exactly follow the outline of the bird, but to draw the most important lines of the shape. Don't draw every detail of the bird's shape exactly; now the main thing is to concentrate on the accuracy of the proportions of the picture. Drawn with an HB (TM) pencil.

Once you are satisfied with your pencil drawing, paint the body of the bird (very pale) with a mixture of Burnt Sienna and a small amount of Indigo. While the paint on the painting is wet, add a little Burnt Sienna on top with a small mixture of Sulfur to give volume to the body of the bird. Paint the beak with Gray so that it is darker on the bottom than on the top. Painted with a 1″ flat brush.

At first, a shape like a beak may seem impossible to draw with this brush, but with experience you will realize that you can paint more complex things just by changing the angle of the brush.

Details such as shadows under and behind the head, small hints of feathers are drawn in a warm gray color. Paint the eye with a blacker color using a thin brush #2, leaving unpainted areas as highlights.

Next, we define the details more clearly using a mixture of Burnt Sienna and Gray. The structure of the feathers will make the picture more interesting. Use a thin brush to outline the feathers around the eyes and head. A small splash of paint at the bottom of the bird will give a nice, smooth transition from the white sheet of paper to the bird itself. The bird's head on top needs to be painted a little lighter. This will add volume to the head.

At the final stage we will add the background. Since the bird is painted in warm colors, the cool Indigo color will add more expressiveness to our bird. In order for the picture to be more expressive, you need to place the darkest part of the background near the lightest part of the head and beak. Below the beak and behind the neck the background will be much weaker in tone. By finishing painting the background diagonally from below, we will thereby draw attention to the bird’s head and balance the picture as a whole.