Sketch the bird carefully - look at the angle between the beak and the tail. Put a pencil along the line to make sure your bird is sitting at the right angle

Paint clean water across the yellw chest making lighter in some areas and add darks (neutral tint to wards the underneath feathers

Dry completely

Don't wet the paper before adding the blue and neutral tint areas it will be too difficult to control the flow. Soften the edges of the white area under his eye

Dry completely then paint in a few dark feathers with a fine brush make sure the feathers go in the correct diresction and dont forget his chest is rounded

Add the eye leaving a tiny white outline if possible (don't worry if not you can add afterwards with white pen!)

Add texture on wings and dark area under his tail. Add feet

Add in very fine darker lines with a rigger brush - vary the colours. You can use a white gouache or a fine felt tip pen (mitsubishi uni ball is a good pen)

Paint in something for him to perch on