- Software: GIMP or Photoshop
- Level: Advanced
- Subject: Peacock
Peacock Workshop [Hide/Show]
When one speaks of Peacock, it is usually with reference to the male of the two species in Pavo familiy, Pavo cristatus (Indian) and Pavo muticus (Green). They are best known for the male’s extravagant tail feathers. The female of the species are called peahen, which are usually brown or a toned down color. The peacock have their signature tail, to display it, and attract a mate… more at Peacock Workshop
There have been many people coming over to KalaaLog.com searching for articles on drawing/painting a peacock – the only tutorial here until now was on illustrating peacock feather. So, here is a walk-through and screen shots of the peacock painting I did.
Concept And Sketch
Searching for peacock images, and getting a rough idea of its form is quite easy. After that, create a neater sketch in another layer over it and delete (or hide) the concept layer.
Background And Other Details
Since the subject is having cool colors, a warm colored background would be good composition wise.
Before proceeding with painting the peacock, the branch is painted first. I planned to use less number of layers, and wanted to go with a traditional approach. Hence, start painting from objects in the back. In this case, the branch that the peacock is sitting on.
Painting The Peacock
Start out by blocking out the basic colors over the sketch in the same layer taking care of the branch. This gives it a more blended feel. There are only two layer in this painting – one is for the background, and the other is for the branch and the peacock.
Final Peacock Artwork
You can see a larger view at deviantART entry in order to study the details.
Do let me know if you want details on how I did any specific are of this painting. Just use the comment form to ask – I would try to reply.
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Awesome painting! I would like to learn how to draw the peacock insted of painting it though. Could you set up a page of how to draw a peacock or something similar to that? Thank-you!
Sincerely,
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Sure, Sarah. Let me do a bit of research on it and I will post one on drawing peacock.
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that is the beautiful peacock i have seen so far in my life by the way i am just turned 10 and i am trying to find a good sketch. Who ever did this could you find another good drawing of a peacock.
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Hi Thomas. Thanks for the comments.
Are you intending to just find another peacock drawing, or wanting to learn how to draw a peacock?
For more drawings and paintings, you could try searching at deviantART. Many artists have depicted this beautiful creature.
If you want to learn how to draw, hang on there for a while. I am planning on making a tutorial (or a set of them).
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Pingback from Drawing A Standing Peacock | KalaaLog on March 27, 2008 at 12:00 pm
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Beautiful image. Nice tutorial, I love to see the workflow of fellow artists. And I love peacocks
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I have seen hundreds of drawings of these peacocks this one is gorgeous I like the the way that the back round has all these combinations of tones.
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Thanks Amy!
And thank you Thomas too!
PS: Sorry for the delay in approving comments. I have been too busy with my day job lately.
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Pingback from Best 35+ GIMP Tutorials | Qbrushes Blog on October 21, 2009 at 5:45 am
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this is such a cool pecock. we had an art project and we had to draw any animal or bird. so i decided to draw a peacock. my prents and my teachers loved it. i feel so jealous when i see this picture. it’s 10 times better than mine. is there more tutorials??:)
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