5 Tips For More Realistic Art

If you wanted to improve your painting skills and draw or paint more realistically, these tips might be for you. They help me to stay focused and create realistic animal portraits and paintings and I realise really quickly when I stray from these.
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pixabay.com/
www.pexels.com/
unsplash.com/
stocksnap.io/
Chapters:
00:17 Introduction
00:45 Tip #1 Choose Good References
01:42 Tip #2 Improve Your Observational Skills
02:30 Tip #3 Detailed Sketching
03:20 Tip #4 Be Aware of Lights and Shadows
04:14 Tip #5 Relax and Practice To Improve your Skills
04:45 Bonus Tip
-------------------------- Art supplies --------------------------
★ Hahnemühle Cotton Sketchbook
Amazon: amzn.to/3QOBFLN
★ BlockX travel palette:
Amazon: amzn.to/3ClEC25 (couldn't find the tiny one sadly)
Jackson's: www.jacksonsar... (they don't have the tiny palette either)
★ Da Vinci Casaneo quill:
Amazon: amzn.to/3dRVvr3
Jackson's: www.jacksonsar...
★ Staedler Mars Lumograph pencil:
Amazon: amzn.to/3dR9DAL
Jackson's: www.jacksonsar...
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--------------------------Music: --------------------------
♬ Wager With Angels by Nathan Moore (KZbin Audio Library)
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[@fantasievollepapierweltco.9979]

Tolle Tipps und sehr schöne kleine Kunstwerke hast du wieder gemalt. LG Simone

[@LanaGoesArt]

Dankeschön! :)

[@awatercolourist]

Thanks so much for these tips :)

[@LanaGoesArt]

You're welcome! I find these help me the most and maybe they're helpful for others too. Thanks for your comment :)

[@awatercolourist]

@@LanaGoesArt My pleasure!

[@LanaGoesArt]

@@awatercolourist you're a sweetheart ❤️

[@awatercolourist]

@@LanaGoesArt Wow! I did not expect that. Thanks! And you are very kind and generous to mention it 😊

[@awatercolourist]

First!