"Prove yourself as the best artist for the week".

Greetings, dear friends, and how are you today? I hope you are all fine as I am. I am happy to be part of this week's contest. Today, I passionately painted a parrot as my entry for this week's contest. Details are explained below.

✅ Explain what you draw in your own words.

What I drew today is a bird called a parrot. Parrots are birds with a powerful and curved beak. They have clawed feet and also have beautiful colours. They are classified into four families with many species.
Fact about Parrot

• Parrots are Omnivorous birds
• Parrots have powerful beaks
• Parrots can Mimic Human Speech.
• A parrot can live very long (long life span)
• They eat with their feet.
• A group of parrots is called pandemonium.
• A parrot can lay two to eight eggs at once.
• Parrots have beautiful colours.

✅Share your drawing steps by step with us( Note this important point 👉🏽 write your username and date at any point on your drawing space before you start your drawing.

Materials For The Drawing

• Strongboard
• Top bond
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Paper Cutter
• Brushes
• Acrylic colours
• Ruler
• Masking tape

Step 1
I began by constructing or preparing the drawing space (frame) using the strongboard. I measure the strongboard to be 12.5 inches by 10 inches. I then cut it out in duplicate and gummed it together with the help of Top Bond. I then measure 0.5 inches from the edge of the frame across the four sides to serve as the boundary of the drawing space. Lastly, I wrote my name and date on the frame.

Step 2
I drew the head of the parrot, which I began with the strong beak, followed by the forehead, the crown, the nape and the throat (crop).

Step 3
I drew the back of the parrot and the tail. I also drew the abdomen, the dry tree that the bird stands on and lastly the thigh, toes and claw of the parrot.

Step 4
I drew the feathers of the parrot.

Step 5
I put masking tape around the edges of the drawing space to give me a smooth edge. I mixed yellow and blue colours to form a green colour and then applied it to the background of the drawing.

Step 6
I mixed red, yellow and blue colours to form a brown colour and then applied it to the dry tree. Lastly, I removed the masking tape.

Step 7
I painted the beak and eyes of the parrot using black and white colours.

Step 8
I painted the head and shoulder of the parrot using yellow and red acrylic colours.

Step 9
I painted the wings of the parrot using deep blue, yellow and red acrylic colours.

Step 10
I painted the breast, abdomen, thigh and tail of the parrot using deep blue, green, yellow and red colours.

Step 11
I painted the toes, claws and ring on the parrot's legs, which brought me to the end of the painting.

✅ How long did it take to complete your drawing, and how do you feel about it?

I took four hours to construct my drawing frame and paint the parrot. I also want to inform you that I became very happy at the end because the result is beautiful.

✅ Give us a beautiful selfie with your creation and where you got the inspiration from.

Drawing and painting are my hobbies, and anywhere I see something that attracts my attention, I imagine it to be my drawing or painting. I saw this piece in the collection of images in my wife's phone and I decided to paint it out.

Conclusion
The result is amazing, but at some points in the painting, I get confused, but I always have a way out. Thank you for your support. I invite @tammanna, @shiftitamanna @jyoti-thelight and @drhira to join me in this contest.

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