Learn how to paint a cardinal in this easy step by step tutorial with acrylic paints.
Youll also learn how to paint a cardinal without a sketch and zero drawing skills.
Alright, lets paint a cardinal!
The steps below cover just the red cardinal bird.
Using red paint (cadmium red) paint and fill in a half-circle shape with a 1/4 angled brush.
The tail is thicker at the body then tapers towards the end.
The feathers at the top of the birds head are straight and angle out at a 45 degree angle.
And each feather gets smaller as you work your way down to the neck.
Use the angled brushes chiseled edge to do the feather strokes.
Paint in the birds legs with the same dark red paint from step 4 and your angled brush.
They are also angled forwards.
The eye of the cardinal starts at the border of the black marking and is more round than oval.
The top of the cardinals beak starts in the middle of the eye.
Cardinals beaks are quite short but wide and sharp.
Try not to cover all the the layers of red paint below.
Having all 3 shades of red in the end bird will give your bird more dimension.
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