How to use tonal values in painting a watercolor swan - step by step tutorial

This step by step tutorial will have you using tonal values in painting a watercolour swan in less than an hour. It is a quick fun project that is also tremendously helpful in building the skills you need in your painting arsenal.

Let’s begin!

   

By the way, I have a time lapse video of this whole painting which you can watch by scrolling down to the end of this post.

Step 1: Choose an image

Choose an image with a strong light source so that you have a good contrast of darks and lights to work...