The basic form of the bird
1. Bird form painting method
Painting birds should first identify the form, grasp its different characteristics and common laws, so that it is easy to remember when observing, and it is helpful to silently write the image when leaving. Birds are oviparous animals, their bodies are not separated from the egg shape, morphological characteristics are related to daily life (such as flying and singing food and accommodation and other different habits), especially in the mouth and feet two parts.
Various forms of birds
Second, the bird's beak and eye painting method
Bird's Beak (1)
The shape of the bird's beak is related to the type of food they eat. The mouth of the millet-eating millet is short, thick and powerful, which is conducive to shelling; the mouth of the insect-eating insect is flattened; the long and pointed mouth loves to eat fruits and insects; the waterfowl that is good at preying on fish has a slender mouth; the hook-shaped mouth, mostly a bird of prey, strong and powerful, can peck at small animals. The nostrils are born on the mouth, usually with three or five pairs of hairs, and the nose hairs of birds of prey are long and strong.
Bird's Beak And Eye (II)
Painting the mouth of a bird is mainly divided into three strokes, first drawing the middle of the upper jaw and the lower jaw, and then making up for the upper jaw and the lower jaw. The middle one is the longest, generally the upper jaw is one-half of the middle one, and the lower jaw is three-quarters of the middle one (this ratio, birds with long beaks are not suitable). The ink used in the above three strokes should be thicker. After the upper jaw, the eyes are above the middle of the mouth. After the eye sockets are drawn with moderate ink, they are dotted with thick ink to be dark and energetic. The painting is drawn from the top of the head to the neck, starting from the bottom of the upper jaw, the back is nearly semicircular, with silk hairs, and its shape resembles a coat. Use the tip of the pen to go down, slightly heavier in the middle, and then lift the pen lightly, often out of the sharp edge; first loosen and gradually encrypt, in order to show the appearance of hairy feathers.
Bird's paws (Gong Pen)
Third, the bird foot claw painting method
The feet of birds are thin and hard, like steel wires, and the large ones are thicker. Birds of prey have toe claws, like iron hooks, which are conducive to catching small animals; waterfowl, with webbing between their toes and a longer wading shin; and chicken feet are spaced. Most of the foot tissue is scale-like, and it should be drawn when working with strokes.
Bird's Paws (Freehand)
Birds will fly, the tail moves first, and when flying, the short feet curl up on the abdomen, and the long feet are dragged out of the tail. Birds with long beaks generally have longer feet. Birds that are generally good at flying have short legs and a few hairs; poultry legs are stronger and should be drawn more specifically. The color of the claws is darker, and they are generally painted with thick ink.
Bird wing tail and feathers
Fourth, bird wing tail drawing method
Draw wings and tails, generally in thick ink. The winged wing only takes four or five strokes, with the second stroke near the belly being the longest, and the other strokes shortened in order; the tail only needs two or three strokes. It's about the same length. The pen at the wing and tail should be closely arranged with the pen, and it seems that there is almost no gap, but it still needs to see the pen, and it should not be too mixed. The part can be drawn with a stroke, generally without silk hair; and the chest and belly, some need silk hair, the method is the same as the back, the ink color should be lighter than the back. If the belly of the bird is white, it can be used to outline the light ink and do not have to be silky.
The head of the chicken
5. Bird head painting method
The shape of the head of the bird is also related to the shape of the mouth, the large head is also flattened, the tip of the head is also pointed, the rounded mouth is short, and the head and mouth of the young bird, in proportion to the body, are larger than the grown ones.
The heads of geese and ducks
Birds usually have larger eye sockets that appear flexible and energetic, while birds of prey have larger eyeballs and appear mighty. The eyes have eyelids, and they close from the bottom up when sleeping.
Draw birds in order
6. Draw birds in order
Drawing birds, generally first from the mouth, followed by hooking the eye sockets, patching the top of the head, adding the neck, drawing the back, then drawing the wings, tail, then painting the chin, chest, belly, and finally drawing the shins and toes and claws. But there are also paintings of the back, then the head, and then the wings, tail, jaw, chest, belly, and claws. This kind of painting method, whenever the draft is not started first, the head can be placed at will, and the posture is easy to grasp flexibly. Only after the technique is very skilled, can it be used.
Goose, duck, pheasant, pheasant
Pheasant, pheasant
The above is the basic drawing method of bird perching. As for the posture of flying and drinking, there are many variations, and the drawing method is also different; but after mastering the above basic painting method, it is not difficult to draw a variety of different life postures by observing and experiencing the life of birds at any time, so as to change and apply it. The gongbi bird painting method is roughly similar to the above, but it requires more specific and meticulous painting.
Myna, cuckoo (cuckoo), thrush
Brother Wren, Ribbon
Yellow Oriole, Kingfisher, Blue Owl, Wagtail, Twelve Red
Crimson-breasted parrots, white-headed parrots, sunflower birds
Red Plover, Bald Eagle, Embroidered Eye, Flat King Swallow, Golden Sparrow
Wax beak, canary (hibiscus bird),, green long foot, wax beak, reed
Agarwood, swallows, golden bellies, wheat finches, sparrows, plovers
(Partial) golden belly
Chickens, ducklings
Ink freehand painting birds
Fan painting appreciation
Water four hi cuckoo
Mountain horse Autumn leaves
Black-backed partridge incense rafters
Dai Sheng Iron Neighbor
Mountain white head Tianzhu
Wen Bird Duck Foot Maple
White-crowned noisy grebe orchid
Blue-rumped wild chrysanthemum
Indian myna Borneo tree
Tian Weng Tsubaki tree
White-browed golden belly chrysanthemum
Mountain monk Cooper
Multicolored ribbon mountain sycamore
Myna Autumn Leaves
Cuckoo Ephemeral
Magpie camphor blossom
Tiger skin emerald magnolia
Yellow belly Xin Yi
Black-headed finch Hibiscus
Wild thrush peach
Wen Bird Peony
Canary plantain
White-browed blue finch arbutus
Red buttocks plum blossoms
Bald Eagle Apple
Partridge bird Lotus
Wax bird Wisteria