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Art tutorial: Paint an owl with watercolour pencils -FREE sketch template

  • Aug 14, 2022
  • 1 min read

Art tutorial of the week:



Hi my lovely creatives,

For todays art tutorial we are painting an owl in watercolour pencils.


Watercolour pencils

Watercolour pencils are a great medium for on the road. I often use them when I travel to make a drawing of my surroundings and I add the water when I get home. It is a quick and fun way to take your art on holiday and I would highly recommend to give it a go.


Today we are not painting a landscape though, but we are creating an animal portrait. Owls are some of my favourite animals. You will see them pop up in my art on a regular basis and I love using them as models for my art classes too. Owls are not difficult to draw and you can use this free template to set up your sketch.


I have created a FREE sketch template that you can use to make your initial sketch and you can find it here (I know it says buy now but it is free) :


Sketching an owl - template
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I have also been wondering, when you use watercolour pencils, do you create a painting or a drawing?

When you use watercolour pencils is it

  • painting

  • drawing

You can vote for more than one answer.




Watch the full watercolour painting tutorial here:


I always love to see your creations so make sure you share them with me in the community gallery Here or on social media by tagging me @makingsandmusings.


I hope you have fun creating this!


Irene




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