How To Paint a Tiger | Acrylic Painting Tips

Watch and listen as I talk you through the process of painting a tiger and share with you some of my tips for painting realistic fur and tiger stripes.
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[@StudioWildlife]

I have full length process videos of tigers and other wildlife on my Patreon page Make sure to check it out if you are interested in wildlife art www.patreon.com/StudioWildlife

[@EchoTechConstance]

Your technique is so simplistic and you use it in all of your paintings, which makes someone like myself who is struggling to move passed being a perfectionist the hope of making painting easier. You walk us through each step with the brushes and colors you use along with how you match the photo with each brush stroke. But no matter how many times I watch your videos, I am still amazed by each of your paintings. So brilliant! Thank you for teaching how to paint in acrylic in a straight forward, reliable way. It takes the pressure off of me so I can perform well!

[@drbob528]

Without any doubt, yours are among the best tiger paintings out there. I'm a zoologist and, after filmmaking for 45 years, I decided on a change and recently took up painting. Not so different from photography, right? Wrong!! But one result of working with tigers for some time is that at least I know how they are supposed to look; however, achieving a realistic end-result with a paintbrush is taking a lot of practice and patience ... but, with thanks to artwork like yours, I'm slowly getting there. Your teaching style is both inspiring and encouraging and I am greatly appreciative. Many thanks. Bob H.

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you very much! I'm a Biologist myself. Glad my artwork can be an inspiration for you!

[@mendiniathukorala5957]

@@StudioWildlife hii I also like to be a wildlife biologist. I didn't find somewhere to work yet. can i know where do u work?

[@bethleblanc656]

Agreed!

[@tribalbabymum]

I think it's great how you are sharing the creation of your work. People could pick up/ be reminded of tips and 'tricks' to bring sizzle to their work.

[@eduardoramirez2406]

The result is simply spectacular !, ... tell me how many hours did it take you to do this work?

[@simonaghidoni5037]

I love your work! I am following your techniques, I haven't been painting for years and I am working on a tiger right now, watching your videos instead of watching Netflix, much more fun 😀 you are a really good artist!

[@lynxlady5355]

Beautiful tiger painting. Very realistic. Love it!

[@Zeen987]

This is incredible. So much detail, it looks like a photograph! 🐅 ❤️

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you so much 😀

[@shaluvishali4590]

Thanks a million for detailed time stamp with details of brush, color mixing and how to layer. Much helpful for beginners and struggle to layering the paint. Keep rocking 💐

[@elainebrown2139]

Really enjoyed your process. Thank you for sharing your technique on fur/shadow layering for realistic dimension!

[@adrianadikranian782]

Amo a los animales y buscaba también algo para ver en detalle el proceso de hacerlos, hace años que pinto, pero otros motivos, estos me motivaron para intentar. Gracias por tus enseñanzas!!!!

[@dik5240]

Amazing painting. Looks very realistic.

[@bethleblanc656]

Wow! absolutely stunning paint brush skill and realism. Now, I know how to approach my tiger's cub painting. Thank you.

[@davisnganga6266]

I just admire your painting technique. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@smitajadhav8937]

Wow. Realistic painting 💝

[@kymmyummm8519]

Wow that's awesome. Thank you for sharing your technique

[@leeludlowart237]

Absolutely spectacular

[@jaynemoxam420]

Lovely painting thank you for sharing it helps as I am beginning to paint wildlife in acyrlics ,currently painting a horse which is quite tricky ,hopefully its a subject you may paint as your realism is fab thank you

[@ironside3461]

Very nicely done!! BRAVO!

[@henriettahuneycutt2156]

You are amazing and a blessing...thank you ❤

[@JamesWilliams-ey5kn]

Simply beautiful

[@jackiegarroutte8970]

Absolutely beautiful!!!

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@juliebill6991]

Absolutely amazing 👏 😍

[@sehgaldeepika]

Simply amazing 👏

[@fredasidaravicius232]

Absolutely fabulous. I sooo wish I could paint like this.

[@StudioWildlife]

You can do it!

[@debsquires847]

Just superb!!!! Magnificent thanku for showing us!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jolandadejong9050]

Really love this painting! Well done Daniel, and thank you for sharing the process on both YT and instagram😄

[@StudioWildlife]

My pleasure 😊 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@douglasrussell9884]

@@StudioWildlife qq11111qa2

[@shirleymalar304]

I really enjoyed the narration. It added so much to the video.

[@normal_human_female]

I'm working on a baby panda, and this vid helped me figure out the layering and I wanted to make sure I'm laying the hairs with the right brush... Now... Doing baby fluffy fur... Won't be quite and worrisome as I thought it would be :)

[@StudioWildlife]

Glad it was helpful! We also have a video on painting a panda if you’ve not seen it already 😁

[@rajan_678]

You are the best teacher i found so far on yt. Thnks big brother

[@paulfromcanada5267]

Incredible work.

[@hipdogdsv]

Beautiful!!!!

[@ianmcgann]

Brilliant video. Thanks. I’ve been asked to paint a Tiger and was trying to figure out the best place to start.

[@ShawnQuiQui57]

Best video of its kind on youtube.

[@asqan2009]

Spectacular~~!!

[@psycheyura]

This guy is amazing! Thanks man for your tutorial, it was a big help for me. I used your technique and drew my first ever tiger and upload it here on youtube. Thank you so much! 🥰

[@psycheyura]

😍😍😍 thanks for noticing me Man!

[@sanjeevnair8792]

Absolutely Brilliant...

[@GLRDesignsdotcom]

BEAUTIFUL!!!♥️♥️♥️

[@_art_enthusiastic8551]

Ya it's beautiful

[@oanakosac8795]

Really helpful! You are the best! Thank you so much!😘🤗🤗😙💝

[@eliasderksen3163]

I love this 👌🏼

[@davidarizmendi2605]

This is just great

[@ottawagirl7052]

That's it I am going to Michaels thank you for this amazing tutorial

[@abike_art]

Amazing!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@_art_enthusiastic8551]

It's mind blowing

[@vijaykumar.v1727]

wow!! excellent

[@ghol.kaneki-ken.13.y.o.]

👏👏👏👏 Это прекрасно! Действительно идеальный рисунок тигра!

[@albania10]

What a talent 🙏👍 thanks for sharing

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@wendyvernon582]

Stunning

[@jeaninegibbonsart2939]

Thanks, great vid and tips!

[@Mr.Sarwono8]

Amazing..very good..👍👍👍

[@peacetoall412]

thank you sooooooooooo much for making this video because i made it and also added extra details if thats okay. And i LOVEEEEE the panting of the tiger that i showed Evr

[@jillscheffer459]

Im shocked you aren't a full time artist! You're so so great it's almost scary! How good does one need to be to be a full time artist?? Jeeshhh...great videos. Very inspiring! HUGEE ANIMAL lover here as well! Id love to buy one your large cats one day! They take my breath away!

[@MrDebkumarbasu]

This is just what I wanted. Thank you so much.

[@StudioWildlife]

You're welcome!

[@ForrestLove705]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@StudioWildlife]

Thanks for watching!!

[@vicandsam7576]

Wow!!❤

[@LilianaUsvat]

You are extremely talented

[@eddieharris2404]

That was very helpful. Thanks

[@itb8719]

thansk so much for all these videos dude

[@douglaschandler199]

This was a great tutorial video... HUGE THANKS.

[@StudioWildlife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@leeludlowart237]

This is incredible

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you!

[@shraddhakk1]

Detailed explanation helps a lot Thank you

[@StudioWildlife]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Chavee496tee]

I'm a 'Tiger painter', but the detail here is mind blowing!

[@londoncustoms]

Thanks bro, this is really helpful!

[@StudioWildlife]

Glad it helped!

[@art_julio_lancis]

You're truly amazing 👍 painting 👍

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you so much 😀

[@tusharvarshney4935]

Amazing tutorial and the art is awesome 🔥🔥 I want to try but always get confused with colours😅

[@stevens1746]

Brilliant 👌

[@TinaBaeyensArt]

This is an amazing piece! Thanks for sharing your progress!!🙏 I'm new to acrylics since a couple of days, and thought that I would get the same results as with my pastels right away.. boy was I wrong!😅 at least I can learn from your videos in order to find out what I'm doing wrong😋👌

[@StudioWildlife]

You are so welcome! Keep trying and let us know if you have any questions we'd love to help

[@0to100Art]

Wonderful posts you have

[@baljeetdham]

Wow so beautiful. Thank you for the nice tutorial. I love the colors. Some place I could not catch the colors you use it. Thanks

[@StudioWildlife]

its mostly just burnt umber, burnt sienna, black, blue, yellow ochre and white

[@abrahamvilla7644]

thanks for your help 🤓

[@suzanamitrovic5601]

Amazing

[@ujanikundu8526]

Exalent 🙏🏼

[@deborahmorris3636]

I like your art

[@antito11.44]

OMG!!!! I love it!!! I wish i could paint fur like you, I´ll try to follow you but i know i´m waaaay too far from getting that kind of realism! haha

[@StudioWildlife]

You can do it!

[@jacquelineleubin5004]

Thank you!!!

[@ArtsQR]

Thank You ❤

[@akinatorwithnema-2008]

that had very realistic Technics

[@sapna0070]

Superb

[@Fatcatsmom]

Beautiful work and great tips! What are your favorite detail brushes for the fur on the face?

[@StudioWildlife]

Thanks! I have a blog post on www.studiowildlife.com all about the brushes I use and what I use them for

[@mattariety955]

what brand of acrylics do you use? and do you prefer soft body?

[@henricustandiary]

Nice👍

[@gopikasuresh175]

How long did it take to complete this picture??…very adorable …soooo realistic…hats off…

[@ashleem4484]

Amazing! So helpful! What are the most needed colours for this? I am looking to do a peice of art like this but more brighter.

[@StudioWildlife]

Weve got a list on the studio wildlife website heres the link studiowildlife.com/the-ultimate-colour-guide-for-painting-tigers/

[@iYvonne]

How many hours have painted this? Incredible work

[@gurpreetsingh918]

Very impressive and realistic artwork. Which brand of paints you use??

[@lina-ly7su]

LOVE your work 🥰🥰 how long did it take to finish this piece ?

[@StudioWildlife]

Thanks! This one took about 6 hours

[@harvestfaithministries]

question: using airbrush for that orange layer in-between as you said to make it a bit brighter, how does that compare to doing a wash?

[@mustafakarademir9998]

Muhteşem

[@sasivicknes4771]

Wow no word do you have a full video of this step by step I can purchase it. I want to do this real time painting of a tiger.

[@StudioWildlife]

Unfortunately I don't yet. I'm hoping as the channel grows i'll be able to invest more time into making full length videos for you And i will definitely be doing a tiger!

[@sasivicknes4771]

@@StudioWildlife thank you so much.

[@Andriyanova_Ilona]

Super

[@shaddyaz5617]

🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@sriwahyuniart5696]

Amazing.....the tiger is really real... What the color do you use after black for the body?orange or burn sienna?

[@StudioWildlife]

Burnt sienna and Mars orange 😁

[@lalaland2107]

That's cool. Have you ever seen a tiger in real life?

[@StudioWildlife]

Only in a zoo, i wish i could get out there and see them properly though!

[@akma1079]

If I'm using poster colour to paint the tiger, do i need to start with black or the bright color?

[@CheruvuMaruthi]

After adding black stripes did u add burnt sienna or burnt umber as a glaze ?? I started a sketch and trying to follow ur method. Ur work is hyper realistic sir

[@StudioWildlife]

thank you ! i used mostly burnt sienna

[@artsyattack]

How helpful . Thank you so much for sharing your process . Are you on patreon ? Would love to subscribe there for slower versions . Thanks again for being so kind and sharing your knowledge:)

[@StudioWildlife]

Not yet! but it is something that I am looking into setting up.

[@paulwhiting1648]

Can you please tell me what canvas and brand of Acrylics are you using for this video?

[@kaitlinwhited2444]

I love your paintings. I use a heavy body acrylic paint. Do you use heavy body like Golden? I cant get the details that you get. It may be because I have cheap detail brushes. Do you have a brand you recommend?

[@StudioWildlife]

Kaitlin Whited the detail brushes that I use are only very cheap- they are from a shop called ‘the works’ i don’t really have a preferred brand of paint but I am enjoying the sennelier Abstract range at the minute. One thing that I am doing is watering down the paint a lot when I am doing detail work. This gives more control and the ability to paint finer lines as opposed to using paint straight from the tube. I would also recommend investing in a sword liner brush they are fantastic for details

[@kaitlinwhited2444]

@@StudioWildlife thank you for your response. I will continue to play around with the ones I have. Havent found that "sweet spot" yet. I will look into a dagger brush. I have angle and point brushes but no daggers. Hope you are well where you are. Best of luck to you.

[@heydivyeah]

This is such a helpful video! Could you please link the reference photo as well? Thank you! :)

[@StudioWildlife]

The reference pic is from @bytazi on Instagram, she charges a small fee for use of her photos. She’s got an amazing selection!

[@janapineda7941]

What brushes are being used?