How to Draw Nuthatches
Follow along as Jack demonstrates how to draw a pair of nuthatches in this tutorial! This course is great for beginners learning how to draw birds as well as advanced artists looking to improve their skills in wildlife illustration. Click on each lesson below to get started.
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Creating Your Preliminary Sketch
Start your nuthatch sketch by creating a light framework underneath the main drawing. Follow along as Jack demos this process!
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Drawing the Red-breasted Nuthatch with Pencil
Jack shows how to draw in your red-breasted nuthatch with a graphite pencil.
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Drawing the White-breasted Nuthatch with Pencil
Jack shows how to draw in your white-breasted nuthatch with a graphite pencil.
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Painting the Red-breasted Nuthatch
Let’s paint in the red-breasted nuthatch drawing with watercolor. Jack uses a Pentel Aquash waterbrush (sizes L and S) for this exercise.
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Painting the White-breasted Nuthatch
Let’s paint in the white-breasted nuthatch drawing with watercolor. This is the final tutorial in this course.
Meet Your Instructor
Jack Hobe is a birder, natural history illustrator and educator with over a decade of experience drawing birds. He teaches nature drawing techniques in partnership with local nature centers in the Greater Philadelphia area. He enjoys sharing ways to appreciate God’s creation with others through his workshops and courses!
