Jay. Who will guess which bird is next?

So, today is a jay. The bird was chosen in a completely unusual way for me: I introduced "bright birds" into Google's line, went into pictures and simply began to flip down. The blue bird of happiness just won me over.

I use the watercolor "Nevskaya Palitra": ultramarine, Prussian blue, scarlet, violet, pink quinacridone, neutral black. Masking liquid PEBEO. Paper Palazzo 280g / m2, 70% cotton.

I begin to draw a picture from the silhouette of a jay. I try to convey the slope of the bird and the proportions of the body. I pick up the masking liquid and close the small squares on the jay's feathers. It has a feather pattern in the form of light squares. Now I can go to watercolor.

The first layer I'm typing ultramarine. I add a lot of water and cover it with the silhouette of a bird. Now the Prussian blue can be applied dark spots, not forgetting about a drop of violet on the back of a bird. I try to repeat drawing on feathers. And on wet paper I add salt. I take the dryer and dry the work.

Now I turn to the details. Neutral black paint, I draw an eye and leave a highlight on it. From the eye, I turn to the beak. Then I change the paint to blue and add accents on the feathers where I deem necessary.

It remains for me to add a branch on which the bird sits. For this, I take pink quinacridone and scarlet and interfere with those colors that are on the palette. And, of course, I sign the work.