Painting Birds on Canvas (World Art Day)

 

Painting birds on canvas can take one or two days to paint. However, it is an easy painting project to do. It makes a nice decoration for any room or for decorating a desk. You can add a frame or use a picture pedestal to display the painted canvas. Here are the instructions for painting these love birds. 

Materials:

5 × 7 Canvas

Acrylic painting

Varied sizes of Paintbrushes

Q tips 

Gold Acrylic Metallic Paint

Paper towels

Bird stencil (optional)

Mod Podge 

Picture pedestal 

Instructions:

First, remove the plastic wrapping from the canvas. Paint the canvas one color. In this example, blue paint was used to paint the entire canvas. Then wait for the acrylic paint to dry. Next, draw and paint the birds with black paint.

You can use a stencil or draw the birds by hand. Use a thin paintbrush to draw the birds with the black paint. Paint the entire birds. Then paint the beaks and the feet. Using the same paint, paint the branches.

After that paint with a paintbrush the branches and the feet of the birds. Continue painting and adding the clouds. Use several colors to paint the two love birds. In the example, yellow paint, black, white, and gray paint was used. Last, continue shaping the bird feathers.

To paint the eyes of the birds, you will need a Q-Tip to make the small eyes. Also, in the example, a Q-Tip was used to paint the bird’s head yellow and the rest of the body. Nevertheless, a thinner paintbrush was used to paint the other half of the eyes and the body of the bird feathers. You can use any color to paint your love birds and for the flowers. Continue painting the rest of the birds, the beaks, and the feet. 

Add gold acrylic paint to emphasize the bird feathers. Continue painting the birds slowly. Painted green leaves. Wait for the paint to dry. Then paint flowers.

The flowers were painted with orange pink paint, white paint, and gold acrylic paint on the center of the flowers. Then gold acrylic paint was painted on the sides of the bird feathers. The branch was painted with black paint. While the beaks and the feet were painted with the same gray and white paint. Nonetheless, have fun painting your love birds on canvas. 

After everything is painted, paint your initials on the painted branch. Wait for the paint to dry before framing it or before displaying it on a picture pedestal. Use Mod Podge or a sealant spray to protect the acrylic paint. This painting tutorial can be done on World Art Day or anytime of the year. Happy World Art Day!

Every year on April 15th is World Art Day. This day is about the importance that art brings to our lives. Also, it is a day to enjoy art. Furthermore, it is a day to create your artworks and to express yourself through your artworks. Nonetheless, you can visit a museum online or in person to celebrate World Art Day. 

* Font and collage from Photo Collage Editor Maker