Cows8 Videos

Join me as I explain my working process and thoughts as I paint an American Bison. I’ll explain what I’m doing starting with my initial sketch, to the watercolor underpainting and the final details using gouache. If you are interested in learning how to be more successful in your paintings, let me show you what […]

See how I manage painting this sweet cow painting. I use tape for a straight line. Paint a section at a time. Sketch the image on so I have a road map, I painted this over several days. Layers are you friend for interest AND if you want to paint detail. Title “Trouble” cow painting. […]

Paint a Cow head and nose with me! In this video I explain how to achieve realistic fur textures as well as skin texture. I walk you through have I lay in some of the final finishing details to my painting. To see how I painted the background and the body, as well as a […]

A giant watercolor of an African Buffalo measuring 155cm x 107cm painted with ink and watercolors. One of my largest artworks! For more info head to: – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – […]

“Resting Rusties” – you can see the finished painting in hi-res here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/two-red-poll-cows-lying-down-watercolour-painting-mike-jory.html This week, I show you a really quick and fun technique that combines en plein air sharpie pen sketching with en plein air watercolour painting to create a cows in landscape impressionist painting with trees and hedges in the background. These rust […]

In this week’s video, I show you how I go about creating colour painting sketches in an impressionist style using a herd of cows as my subject. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/rust-red-poll-cows-two-steer-impressionism-en-plein-air-sketch-painting-mike-jory.html Working en plein air at the edge of a field in Devon, these rust red coloured steer were considerate enough […]

Painting animals was an enormous part of my own recovery with anxiety, depression, and addiction. It helped me slow down, refocus, take a deep breathe, and build confidence. In this painting tutorial, I teach artists of all levels how to recreate this happy cow in under 30-minutes, and without using expensive art materials. ⭐️ Online […]

Making of the hyperrealist painting of a Cape Buffalo ” Last Warning” by Stephane Alsac, Wildlife Artist. source