Birds – RUSSELL NELSON

Demo Bird 2016

Here is this year’s illustration class, watercolor demo bird. Fresh off the press this morning. This is an Eastern Bluebird – Missouri State bird.

Amazingly, I find myself with a few moments of free time. So, I thought I would post a couple more class demo pieces that I did last semester for my illustration class. One demo bird and a gouache demo. The gouache piece is a portrait of a teacher my daughter worked with in Lesotho, southContinue reading “Better late…”

Demo Birds

In the last few years, I have been using birds as subject matter for quick watercolor demonstrations in the illustration class I teach. The illustrations are typically around 8 x 10 inches in size and completed in a two-hour class period. I always appreciated watching someone work on and complete artwork. I try to showContinue reading “Demo Birds”