Farecrest. Which bird will be next?

I have an association with a mini-series in 1986. I've never seen a Farecrest live, but I've seen the show ... so for a long time in my childhood I thought that the Farecrest was that same Turkish girl. ... and already at school I learned that there is such a bird)))

I use the watercolor "Nevskaya Palitra": ultramarine, titian, cadmium yellow medium, neutral black, scarlet, white zinc. Paper Palazzo 280g / m2, 70% cotton.

I paint the silhouette of a bird and draw the main parts: head, beak, wing, tail, paws. Now I can go to watercolor.

I am typing on the palette of cadmium yellow. I dilute it with water and add a little ultramarine. This is the basis of my first pouring. On wet paper I add bright colors to the silhouette of a bird. For the head, I use titian, for tail and wings neutral black, for back - cadmium yellow. While the paint is wet, I can move it a little bit on the silhouette and highlight some parts. For example, the way I did it near the eye: I took a synthetic wet brush. And wiped off an extra color. After I put all the shades - I sprinkle the work with salt.

While the silhouette of the bird dries I turn to the branch. Of those colors that are already on the palette, I'm drawing a branch. In the place where the paws of the bird are located, I rub it with a damp synthetic brush, because the feet will be lighter than the branch.

The paper has not dried yet, so I take the hair dryer in my hands. Now I can shake off the salt and move on to detailing. I draw a beak and a Farecrest eye, I dim and draw the feathers. On the bird's head I add scarlet paint. I'm ducking legs and a branch. It remains to take the white and set the glare. The bird is ready!

Thank you for watching!

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P.S. It is hard to write in English, because my native language is Russian. But I'm learning. If you notice serious errors in the text that interfere with the correct perception, please let me know about them.