Improve Your Animal Art | 10 Tips for Painting Animals

When I started painting I wanted to paint animals as realistically as possible. It took me years to be able to paint the way that I do now. I thought I would share with you my top 10 tips for how to paint realistic animals.

MATERIALS FOR THIS PAINTING
Acrylic Paint
Black, White, Raw umber, Burnt umber, Burnt sienna, Raw sienna, yellow ochre, Mars orange, Buff titanium, Sap green, Yellow green, Cadmium red.
Pan Art Global brushes
Pan Art Global 9 Inch x 12 Inch Canvas panel

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00:00 Intro
00:13 Tip 1
00:59 Tip 2
01:54 Tip 3
02:38 Tip 4
03:38 Tip 5
04:22 Tip 6
05:08 Tip 7
06:40 Tip 8
07:52 Tip 9
08:56 Tip 10

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[jennyc]

Gorgeous Daniel.. thanks for the tips.

[JoshuaSuraj]

You deserve more you have made my art so much better. My art went from good to godly in 1 year

[saltlifegull]

How can we thank him enough! Incredible talent:)

[rissa]

I think your tutorials are the best that I have seen, and I love your work. Can you tell me your process for creating the original sketches prior to the painting?

[ratsinatrenchcoat]

Wonderful video!!!! I don't really have an art style since I lack a lot of art skills and have been trying to dabble in realism since it's one of my favs. Gonna try to include these tips and see how my penguins turn out. :)

[eliasd]

Thank you. That helped me to think better about painting 👍🏼

[kevinlea]

Great tips Daniel, I recognise some of my issues in there, particularly rushing and trying to do the detail too quickly.

[victorfritze]

Thank you, I’m learning a lot from you, God Bless you!

[alfathsulistyo]

You are the best..
I like your all videos..very very good for beginer like me...
Thanks..from indonesia

[lisax]

How do you recognize when you’re finished? I’m always critiquing my art and seeing places I should have continued working on. Also, do you have a favorite brand of brush & paint?

[wendywalker]

Great video... I would love to see more videos in Pastel, You are very talented

[loati]

I would say that more important than color is value and you don't even touch on value. You could pick random colors with a black and white filter and as long as you do the values right, it would look realistic even if its a mix of blues and greens.

[danyelhudon]

Hi I am severely handicap so I am having a mobility restriction a lot, but I would love to paint with acrylic paints, may I use watercolor hot press paper to reach a realistic artwork or having you other suggestions bc I can not work on vertical position on a easel! Tky to answer me, Canada Quebec! Best wishes and keep being inspired! ❤😊

[sujanithtottempudi]

How do you keep your brushes wet during painting...especially when using acrylics

[jenayandfamily]

I'm not a professional or any thing but I think you should get a better microphone. Your art is so good and I think if your audio matched that your videos would be even better than they are. Just a suggestion, thanks for the video!

[ЛенаХЮСЕЙНОГЛУ]

What type of paper do you paint on? Thank you

[teriehr]

Daniel, have enjoyed your "tip" videos. One question - your long white whiskers are perfect on this tiger. How do you get a solid long line like that? I was trying to paint some fireworks with long lines and they came out gloppy - you could see thru to the canvas in the middle of the line and on either side it was thick paint. Did I use too much paint? should I have watered it down? Thank you for your help! Teri

[kylieking]

How long does it take you to do a piece like this? I find myself very impatient and feel like I'm doing the layers wrong. Do I just trust the process?

[HeatherBrebaugh]

Oh, now I'm a little confused. I've watched the videos where you block out the colors first, then start on the detail....and I've just watched your video where you are painting a white tiger and (after doing a wash) you start with the details by painting the fur in white, then you go back and do light color washes to create the color areas. Which do you recommend? (Thank you for your help!)

[jakovj.m.]

I've been following you recently, are you applying an extra layer of gesso on the canvas, or are you using it as already prepared ...