Hello everybody, thanks for stopping by to watch me paint. I love crows and ravens and all kinds of blackbirds, so today I'm painting a crow in open interactive acrylics. I started with the 9x12 Jessed piece of masonite board and I transferred a line drawing of the crow to the board using graphite paper before filming. I then outlined the main details of my drawing in ivory black, so later as I fill in my bird with secondary layers of color, these details won't be lost. I then started filling in the other darkest areas of the bird like the chest and the head. I paint the feathers on the back of the bird only in transparent washes to keep them lighter. I then take a closer look at my reference photo and begin adding more details and midtones to the feathers trying to mimic the feather like textures that I see. I don't want to overdo this step and add too much detail. I just want to create enough of an impression of the feathers to be believable. I must let this layer dry so I move on to the background. I chose a mixture of aqua blue and t-shirt green for the background color and began filling in the area around my crow. Now I add a semi-transparent layer of phthalo blue over the wings creating that really cool blue black look that black feathered birds so often have. After I'm satisfied with the look of the feathers, it's time to add the finishing highlights. I accent the tops of the feet. I add a nice highlight to the beak and lastly I add a little shine to the eye giving the bird some life. All that is left to do is to sign the painting and step back and examine my work. Here's what it looks like when it's all finished. For more of my art follow me on Facebook links in the description. Thanks for watching!