No Feathers?! Realistic Chickadees in Watercolor (Soft Edge Trick)

Описание: Do you love painting birds… but hate painting every single feather?
In this watercolor tutorial, I’ll show you my simple soft-edge system to paint realistic chickadees that look round, fluffy, and 3D — without getting lost in tiny details.
You’ll learn:
• A soft wet-on-wet background that makes your birds pop
• 2 easy ways to paint the head so it looks round (not flat)
• The quick fuzzy feather-edge trick (no feather-by-feather)
• Simple shadows that create instant realism
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💬 Question for you: What helped you most — the soft background, the feather-edge trick, or the roundness/shadows?
Chapters
0:00 Paint birds without every feather
0:33 Soft wet-on-wet background
3:07 Mixing a natural black
3:22 2 ways to paint “feather edges”
6:49 Eyes + highlights
7:18 Round belly system (3D)
11:52 Wings + simple feather stripes
14:00 Branch roundness trick
16:00 Final details + recap
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