Bird Pictures To Paint

Birds are interesting and fun to paint. They are beautiful and colorful. They make really petty pictures to hang on the wall. You can decorate your house or give them away as special gifts.

I'll tell you an easy way to make a nice acrylic bird paintings. Below I've given you ideas for bird pictures to paint. You can use the pictures as guidelines or print them out and transfer them onto your painting surface.

There are lots of different ways to be creative with the background. A plain background, simple foliage or flowers all add to the beauty of your work of art. So, let's get creative and see what you can make!

Materials For Acrylic Bird Paintings

• A picture or photo to use as a guideline (see some examples below).


• Your painting surface - canvas, wood, etc.


• Acrylic Paint assortment of colors (blue, green, browns, red, yellow, white, black) use your picture to see what colors you'll need.


• Paint brushes - a small round, a small to medium flat, a fine detail brush and maybe a fan brush for foliage.


• Wet Palette or a plain palette


• Bowl of water


• Graphite paper


• Pencil


• Paper towels or a clean rag


• Acrylic sealer if your painting on wood (optional for canvas)

Select A Pretty Or Your Favorite Bird Picture

Decide on a picture first. You can enlarge and print out any of the pictures below if you want. Just right click on it and save the image to your computer. Then you can print it out. You could also draw your picture or find something you like online.

Paint The Background Color First

You can add the detail later. In my picture I wanted it to look like a sunset. I mixed yellow with red to get various shades of orange. Use a flat brush, dip it in the water and squeeze some out on the edge. Add different shades of color and paint in circular motions starting from the outside and working inwards. Keep dipping your brush in the water when it's dry and squeeze the excess water out on the side of the bowl adding more paint and blending until you get to the center of your circle. It looks nice if the center of your circle is off to one side of the painting.

You may decide on a blue sky as your background. Another option would be a green background and later add leaves to have your bird in a tree. A white background would be snow. Let it completely dry.

Painting Your Bird Is the Fun Part

With your bird picture that you selected, transfer it to your background using graphite paper. Using your picture as a guideline, paint your bird with a small round brush. Use your fine detail brush for the tiny details. Let it dry completely.

The Finishing Touches Add More Life To The Painting

Add a little more life to the background with trees, branches, and/or flowers. Use your picture as a guideline or your imagination and see what you can come up with. Just try not to overpower the main focus of your painting, the bird or birds. I used my fan brush to make some evergreen foliage. Let it dry completely.

If your painting is on wood, I recommend an acrylic paint sealer. It's optional if you're using canvas.

Below are some ideas for bird pictures to paint.

Blue Parrots

The Green Jay

Hummingbird

Honeycreeper

Kingfisher

Mallard Duck

Parrots

Love Birds

Turtledoves

Red-headed Woodpecker

Eagle

Mandarin Duck 

Blue Bill Ringed Teal

Rufous Treepie

Red Parrot

Green Parakeets

Parrot

Barn Owl

Cape Starling

Peacock

Blue Jay

Long-Eared Owl

Owl

Cardinal

Pine Warbler

Chinese Golden Pheasant

Emerald Duck

Brown Black-Toucan

Montezuma Oropendola 

Bluebird

Stork

Pelican

European Bee-eaters

Northern Flicker

Thrush

Gouldian Finch

 Flycatcher

Crimson Rosella

Gulls

Scarlet Honeyeater

Spring Bird

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