Here is a quick step by step tutorial on how to draw and paint a cute whimsical robin. For this illustration, I used the Procreate app with the default pre-installed Procreate brushes.
(Whilst this tutorial is a Procreate one, you may use the same instructions to use with traditional paper and watercolour/acrylic paints – if you don’t have or want to use Procreate.)
I used the following reference photo:
So let’s get started! 🙂
How To Draw A Robin
- Procreate Brush: Sketching > Derwent
- Colour: Any Gray
- Add a new sketch layer
- Use the following Procreate Brush: Drawing > Copperhead
- Colour: Brown
Go over your sketch once again with the darker pencil, finalising the details as you go.
Painting In The Robin & The Colours To Use…
Procreate Brushes:
- Calligraphy > Kunanyi – for the base layer
- Painting > Stucco – for the top layer
- Painting > Dry Brush – for the feathers
- Drawing > Styx – for the outline
Colours: Brown/Gray, Orange, Ochre, Off-White, Coppery Brown for the outline
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