Step One
Draw up your subject.
Step Two
Block in the dark areas of the bird with a mix of Indanthrone Blue (or Ultramarine Blue) and Burnt Sienna, varying the mix and creating a feather like pattern, lifting off colour as you go to create the feather formation on the Kookaburra’s back and wings..
Leave an area on the side of the wing white, as this will be painted in Prussian Blue to form the blaze.. Back and wing feathers blocked in. Even though I am blocking in, I am still painting individual feather ‘shapes’ to create the look of feathers.
Step Three
Block in the
