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    How to Draw Birds for Kids
    How to Draw Birds for Kids
    How to Draw Birds for Kids
    Ebook167 pages37 minutes

    How to Draw Birds for Kids

    By Adrian Sanqui

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction: Drawing Birds
    Drawing Tools
    Drawing Apps
    Warming up
    Tips for Coloring
    How to Start
    Red-capped Manakin
    Blue Jay
    Vermilion Flycatcher
    Secretary Bird
    Toucan
    Macaw
    California Quail
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    Introduction: Drawing Birds

    This book will teach you how to begin drawing birds and it contains several examples to follow. The steps are designed in a way that can be applied to either digital drawing (drawing on a tablet) or traditionally (drawing on a paper). Although this book is for drawing birds, the process of creating the figures and applying colors in them can be applied on any other things you would like to draw. During the process, you will learn how to use different lines and how to apply different color tones to your drawing instead of simply filling them with one color tone. The tutorial will begin with an easy example carefully explained, and then gradually increase in difficulty along the way.

    Begin with creating a base for an easily proportionate form of your birds, next is the inking process and then coloring. Learn how to apply simple details without the confusion of what to do next.

    The book also includes a small bit of information about the birds given as examples. This will help you familiarize yourself with different kinds of birds, while learning how to draw them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMendon Cottage Books
    Release dateMar 14, 2019
    ISBN9781370937509
    How to Draw Birds for Kids

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      How to Draw Birds for Kids - Adrian Sanqui

      Introduction: Drawing Birds

      This book will teach you how to begin drawing birds and it contains several examples to follow. The steps are designed in a way that can be applied to either digital drawing (drawing on a tablet) or traditionally (drawing on a paper). Although this book is for drawing birds, the process of creating the figures and applying colors in them can be applied on any other things you would like to draw. During the process, you will learn how to use different lines and how to apply different color tones to your drawing instead of simply filling them with one color tone. The tutorial will begin with an easy example carefully explained, and then gradually increase in difficulty along the way.

      Begin with creating a base for an easily proportionate form of your birds, next is the inking process and then coloring. Learn how to apply simple details without the confusion of what to do next.

      The book also includes a small bit of information about the birds given as examples. This will help you familiarize yourself with different kinds of birds, while learning how to draw them.

      Drawing Tools

      Pencils

      The ‘H’ engraved near the pencil’s tip (side of eraser) stands for hardness and it ranges from 2H to 9H. A pencil with only an H mark and doesn’t have a number means 1H. The most common type (the one available anywhere) of pencil that does not indicate its grade mark is usually a 2H pencil. The B marking of pencils stand for blackness, this means that they can easily produce darker line marks and are softer than H pencils. It ranges from HB (hard and dark) to 9B (very soft and very dark), so when it comes to B pencils, the higher the number is; the softer and darker it becomes. Different brands have different softness, hardness and blackness levels, so if you are going to use a certain brand for the first time, you should try them out first before applying it on your main drawing.

      Charcoal pencils also come in different grades. The generic grades of soft, medium and hard are available in different brands. Charcoal pencils are a bit messy to work with; even the ‘hard’ grade charcoal pencil is still relatively softer compared to those with 4B to 6B grade pencils.

      Mechanical pencils are good for small and subtle detailing that requires very thin lines, instead of sharpening your pencil several times just to have a thin and constant fine point that you need. Different grades of lead or graphite is also available for refilling your mechanical pencil.

      Erasers

      Good quality erasers are essential if you are going to use a pencil for drawing. Choose a rubber eraser that is soft and not the ones that leave a faint color or worst is a scratch on the paper. Keep them on a pencil case or anything that can protect it from being exposed on air for too long because some erasers (cheaper ones) harden when it’s left lying around because it will dry out and harden.

      A kneadable eraser is very helpful for making highlights and reaching areas that are hard to access, like the gloss on the eyes or light portions of fingernails and such. It usually looks like a gray slab or a small bar of clay that can be molded or deformed to any shape you desire. It doesn’t rub off the marking like usual erasers, but

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