Heron Painting Process

This 30 second video demonstrates my sketching and painting process using Procreate. I often see these majestic Great Blue Herons along the coastlines, ponds and tidal flats on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.  

I start with a blue outline of the major shapes, like wings, beaks, crowns and feathers before I build out the painting in layers.  I recorded the frog and bird sounds at a local pond one spring day. I guess the frogs were exited and the birds were happy.