Modern Chinese Painting Tutorial | Owl Series Episode 3: Snowy owl

Today we're going to paint a snowy owl. For this painting, we only need ink, yellow, and orange color. And wet your color pigment 10 minutes before you start to paint. To start, take some ink and start with the eyes. When you paint the eyes, make sure that your brush is pretty dry and do not retain too much water in your brush belly. Otherwise, the eyes may look murky as you paint. There are a few dark spots on the top of the head and then the beak is almost hidden because it was so cold that there were feathers all over the bird's face. For the soft feather and the pattern, I press the tip of my brush to create a fan and then take some ink to paint very lightly. Snowy owls are mostly white but not completely white. There are some dark patterns on the plumage. The other features are the yellow eyes and black beak. This color combination works well with Chinese watercolor because we mostly use ink and simple color. Well, I only use very few colors and I like simplicity. Now I'm switching to use a large brush to paint the rock for the birds to perch on because it's always on the look for rodents. And then the sharp claws. Back to the eyes, I'm using mainly yellow color with a touch of orange to get the gradient. Thanks for watching. I hope you like this video and learn something. I'll see you next time.