How to Paint Realistic BIRDS in WATERCOLOR - Barn Owl (Part 2)

With the eyes painted, in part two of this tutorial on painting realistic birds in watercolor, we will focus on the beak and the first layer of feather detail on the face. All five parts of this lesson will be available to watch here on YouTube. This is one of the older lessons from my online school, re-edited for everyone to enjoy. I'm taking you through every aspect of this painting in easy to follow steps. You can download all the reference materials that you need, here: https://devonartist.co.uk/youtube-dow... Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2KsTSS3 to be notified when Part 3 is released, or if you want to watch the entire tutorial, ad-free, then hop on over to my online school:   / thedevonartist   If you missed part one, you can find it here: https://bit.ly/43cQTRr 🕒 Timestamps 🕒 00:00 How to paint realistic birds in watercolor 00:29 How to paint a beak in watercolor 07:43 How to make a beak look realistic using watercolor 10:50 Adding highlights and shine using opaque white watercolor 12:31 Applying a foundation wash on the owl's facial feathers 19:38 Adding the foundation wash to the rest of the white areas 22:17 How to paint realistic white feathers - the start of the detail layers 32:37 Softening detail so it looks more realistic on the bird 33:13 Finishing off the first layer of white feather detail on the owl's face ▶️ JOIN MY ONLINE SCHOOL: on Patreon:   / thedevonartist   or through Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DevonArtist https://devonartist.co.uk/memberships/ ⭐ WEBSITE FREEBIES from my Devon Artist website: https://devonartist.co.uk/ ** Complete real-time video tutorials: https://devonartist.co.uk/free-member... ** PDF Sparrow tutorial & Watercolour Basics Guide - just by signing up to my newsletter 🎨 MATERIALS I USE I am often asked about my painting materials. Everyone has their favourites, but here are some of mine: https://devonartist.co.uk/materials-i... ▶️ SAY HELLO ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook:   / thedevonartistpaul   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thedevona... Twitter:   / thedevonartist   Instagram:   / the_devon_artist   Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DevonArtist 🦊 LOVE WATCHING WILDLIFE – why not check out our sister channel:    / inspiredbywildlife   ©️ COPYRIGHTS My videos are copy protected and are fully owned by myself. They are for your use and enjoyment on YouTube, I hope you like them. 🎵 With grateful thanks: Wayne Jones - Mr Sunny Face #PaulHopkinson #TheDevonArtist #WildlifeinWatercolour