I’ve chosen a deep Madder Lake Red Light and a red-violet Quinacridone Rose.įeel free to work with watercolor of any brand. My watercolor paints are White Nights by Nevskaya Palitra. We’ll need a graphite pencil (H or HB type) and a soft eraser. Also, limit the number of graphite marks. Just be sure that you’re erasing as little as possible. Feel free to jump straight to your final surface. However, starting with the printer paper is completely optional. Then I’ll transfer the main contours of our flamingo to the watercolor sheet using carbon paper. That’s why I’m going to create an initial graphite pencil outline on a sheet of ordinary printer paper. Excessive erasing can damage the delicate surface of watercolor paper. During this stage, we’re making our sketch more and more precise – and also removing the unnecessary lines. In most cases, drawing an object from scratch is a back-and-forth process of estimations and adjustments. See also: All About Drawing Papers and Surfaces Keep in mind that papers with a very rough, textured surface make it more difficult to create details. The paper is quite heavy, 280 gsm, and has a subtle texture. (Mixed media paper is also an option.) My paper is a standard A4 size. Art Supplies for this Drawingīefore we dive into the process, let’s take a look at the materials we’ll use. At the finishing stage of the process, we’ll work on textures and finer details using colored pencils. We’ll start with a graphite pencil outline. In this drawing tutorial, I’ll show you an easy way to draw a flamingo with wonderful pink feathers. The typical coloration of young birds is also less saturated. However, not all flamingos can boast of such bright plumage. Captive flamingos are fed a diet that helps to preserve their coloration. A wild flamingo’s ration includes shrimp, algae, and plankton. It comes from the carotenoid pigments that are found in the birds’ food. The coloration of flamingos’ feathers varies from pink or orange to wonderful reds. A more recent hypothesis is that standing on one leg may require less effort, allowing the birds to support the bodyweight without any muscle activity. It is supposed that such a pose helps to conserve heat, as flamingos spend much time feeding in cold water. They can stand on one leg for several hours! During that time, another leg is tucked close to the body. Their bills are massive, hooked, and have a black tip.įlamingos are also masters of balance. These beautiful birds have very long graceful necks, large wings, slender pink legs with webbed feet, and short tails. Also, they both sit on the egg while it incubates for about a month.Ĥ. Some flamingos think it less complicated to steal a nest that's already been built, so mating sets should protect a nest from other flamingos along with killers.ĥ. When a flamingo hatches, both mom and dad take turns feeding it: first with an exceptional fluid baby food they make in their throats called crop milk, then they start giving a regular food as the baby ages.Recognizing a flamingo is easy – the appearance of this bird is unique and remarkable. Zoo flamingos will turn white if their diet is not supplemented with live shrimp or flamingo chow containing carotenoid pigments.ģ. The male and female of a mating pair build a nest together.
This occurs as the flamingo's head is bottom-side-up.Ģ. The color pink comes from beta-carotene in the crustaceans and plankton that flamingos eat. Their beaks are designed to strain animals out of the dirt, and the water is expelled. After that, they reach down and scoop up a beakful of mud and water. Here are some interesting facts about Flamingos:ġ. Flamingos feed by stirring up mud with their feet. The tropical wading birds have long legs with backward-bending knees, long curved necks, and they are pink.
Flamingos are familiar even to those that have never seen one in the real world. Hi everybody, and welcome to a new NIL-Tech drawing tutorial: "Flamingo".
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