Paint a realistic bird using acrylics

So you have made some acrylic paintings, but you want to learn how to take your skills to the next level. You've seen artists painting in a realistic style, and you would love to be able to paint like that, but you are not sure how to. This course will give you the skills and techniques as the tutor, Joe McMenamin, completes every stage of a painting of the New Zealand songbird the "Tui".

• Introduction to the course
• Introduction to image preperation
• Tracing the bird
• Tracing the foliage
• Tracing the final details
• Preparing paints and brushes
• Introduction to wet blending
• Preparing for wet blending
• Painting the head
• Painting the neck
• Painting the body of the bird
• Painting the top feathers
• Painting the layers of feathers
• Painting the long skinny feathers
• Painting the overlapping feathers
• Painting the lower feathers
• Painting the brown layer part 1
• Painting the brown layer part 2
• Painting the beak
• Painting the white neck and pollen
• Painting the feet
• Introduction to painting the foliage
• Painting the foliage
• Introduction to dry brushing
• Dry brushing the pollen and neck
• Dry brushing the foliage
• Dry brushing the bird
• Introduction to adding the details
• Adding the details to the foliage
• Adding the details to the top blue feathers
• Thinking about contrast
• Adding the details to the claw
• Adding the details to the beak
• Adding the details to the eye
• Adding the details to the neck
• Adding the details to the white feathers
• Fixing up mistakes
• Introduction to finishing the painting
• Hanging the painting
• Coating with danish oil
• Conclusion