
#simplycreate Flamingo Pastel Drawing

The materials in your kit
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Simply Oil Pastels
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Simply Coloured Pencils
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Simply Pastel Paper
How to Draw a Flamingo with Pastels
Learn how to draw a beautiful flamingo with Simply Pastels by using this step-by-step guide created by Daler-Rowney artist Amylee Paris, and is easy for beginners to follow and explore using pastels!
Step 1
Placement of the bird
Step 2
The beak and the eyes
Using black and yellow oil pastels, draw the beak and eye details as in the demonstration.
Step 3
The plumage
Use the neon pink oil pastel to apply the flamingo plumage. Colour it by making large paths with the pastel stick.
Step 4
Contouring
With the red pencil and red oil pastel, reinforce the outlines to give more presence to the bird.
Do not hesitate to go all the way to the tips of the wings as well as to the legs.
Step 5
The sun
Then take the yellow oil pastel, and draw a big sun behind the bird's head. Colour the sun for extra sparkle!
Step 6
Puddles of water and details
Simply Soft Pastels
Daler-Rowney Simply Soft Pastels are easy to use and blend. These high-quality, affordable pastels have flat edges to allow the artist more control.
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Daler-Rowney Simply Drawing & Sketching Paper is a comprehensive range of pads with good quality papers supporting the most important dry techniques, from sketching and drawing to marker and pastel works.
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Daler-Rowney Simply Coloured Pencils feature highly pigmented, pre-sharpened ends. Ideal for family activities!
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Daler-Rowney Simply offers a comprehensive range of Sketching Pencils sets. Each sets will provide professional or novice artists a variety of sketching pencils allowing them to achieve artistic depth to their sketches.
View ProductsAbout the artist:
The painter Amylee Paris tirelessly finds her inspiration in colour and nature. Her abstract blooms and portraits shine in several art galleries in the UK.