Hummingbirds in Colored Pencil - Tips and Techniques w/ Lachri

Today I'm showing you tips and techniques for drawing realistic birds in colored pencil! See how I layer and blend my pencils and even how I achieve a bokeh background with the airbrush!

Get your hummingbird reference photos by Christine Cyrenne at http://patreon.com/lachri

Supplies used (amazon affiliate links)
*Createx airbrush paint for my background http://amzn.to/2oZYMKs
*Winsor & Newton masking fluid http://amzn.to/2pX5o9Q
*Frisket http://amzn.to/2pbMW04
*Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils http://amzn.to/2qjrD9C
*Caran d'Ache Luminance Colored Pencils http://amzn.to/2qqBUzY
*Derwent Drawing Chinese White http://amzn.to/2oWoQ4Z
*Odorless Mineral Spirits http://amzn.to/2qjnwui or http://amzn.to/2oTnBTv


My fine white details are being painted on with my mixture of Touch Up Texture and Colored Pencil Titanium White Powder from http://brushandpencil.com

Video for Mixing titanium white powder and touch up texture for fine white details https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H3hOHx-qZ8

The hummingbird livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BddqVLKFjo&t=2687s

The livestream for the leaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnBOF7cxjPA&t=2963s

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Time lapse and speed painting tutorials and demonstrations by award winning artist Lachri. Learn how to paint portraits, surreal landscapes, pets, lions, tigers, and birds...pretty sure a Wizard of OZ reference should be made right about now. Get tips and watch techniques for working in acrylic and oil paint, carbon pencil, graphite and colored pencil.

This video was shot using the Canon VIXIA HF G20 HD camcorder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiDEj7WEZoI&feature=share&list=PLD949BAB3C3D38CDE