David Bellamy's Complete Guide to Watercolour Painting

Author: David Bellamy
Publisher: Search Press
ISBN: 9781844483389
Category : Watercolor painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Renowned watercolourist, David Bellamy, shares his invaluable expertise in this complete reference book for artists, including essential advice on painting still life, flowers and plants, landscapes, buildings, people and coastal scenery"--Page 4 of cover.

Developing Your Watercolours

Author: David Bellamy
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780004127576
Category : Watercolor painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Developing Your Watercolours is a practical, structured course for watercolour painters with some experience – continuing where the very successful Watercolour Landscape Course (published in 1993 and reprinted 7 times) left off.

Painting Wild Landscapes in Watercolour

Author: David Bellamy
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007175531
Category : Landscape painting
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description
David Bellamy has a tremendous following among amateur painters and in this book he shows the reader how to paint his favourite subject - wild landscapes.

David Bellamy's Skies, Light and Atmosphere in Watercolour

Author: David Bellamy
Publisher: Search Press Limited
ISBN: 1781267766
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 43

Book Description
In this second book in a series covering elements of the landscape, renowned watercolourist, David Bellamy shows how to paint skies, light and atmosphere and how choices involving these three key elements can affect a painting. Starting with skies, David Bellamy covers basic techniques, composition, clouds, special effects like silver linings, sunsets and shafts of light, and much more, then there is a step by step dramatic sky demonstration. Next comes light, with plenty of advice including warm and cool light, using glazes, cast shadows, light from different directions, painting the sun and reflected light, followed by a step by step demonstration featuring strong light and shadow. The atmosphere section covers haze and mist, fog, mountains in cloud, smoke and steam, rain, storms and tranquil moods, and is followed by an atmospheric step by step painting of a waterfall. David Bellamy's extensive travels and much admired painting style ensure that there are plenty of beautiful, inspiring paintings of skies, light and atmosphere throughout the book.

Painting Light and Shadow in Watercolor

Author: William B Lawrence
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 239

Book Description
Push your watercolor painting to the next level by mastering the use of color, light, and shadows. Go beyond trying to copy what you see by designing with shapes, shadows, and highlights. Deepen the expressive nature of your paintings as you capture the subject's luminosity. Master painter William B. Lawrence offers hands-on techniques and insights for intermediate to advanced artists. Light and color take the viewer on a journey. Properly harnessed, they can convey emotion, create a mood, or tell a story. Whether your work is realistic, expressive, or abstract, the options are unlimited. Lawrence explores pattern, hue, contrast, and texture in this treasured classic. Using a combination of theory, demonstration, and practical suggestions this new arsenal of tools, will help you grow as an artist. Other techniques covered include: How to design with light and shadow The use of overlapping patterns How light can express movement Learning to use light and dark to add drama and intensity to your work Discover how to guide the viewer's eye through floodlights, spotlights, and other advanced light-manipulation techniques. Painting Light and Shadow in Watercolor will help you create radiant watercolor paintings and give you greater painting pleasure as you develop new skills which bring your imagination to life.

Watercolour Landscapes

Author: Richard S. Taylor
Publisher: Batsford Books
ISBN: 1849947007
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 698

Book Description
This book is the perfect companion for the watercolour landscape painter. Richard Taylor looks at each element of the landscape in turn. He moves from small details, such as a quick painting of his backpack, drawn in a break from walking, to wide sweeping panoramas. Detailed annotations point to key areas of interest for each painting showing, for example, how a wash has been used to create shadows in still water, or how paper has been left blank to represent the tops of clouds. Alongside each painting you'll find the palette of colours used, with advice on combining colours for best effect. Step-by-step demonstrations show basic watercolour techniques in action and longer projects reveal how Richard develops a fully-realised painting. Packed with invaluable hints and tips and illustrated with the author's inspiring watercolours, this book is perfect for the beginner or more experienced watercolour painter.

David Bellamy's Coastal Landscapes

Author: David Bellamy
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007121768
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description
David Bellamy tackles the popular painting subject of the sea and coastline, mainly in watercolour, but also in pastels and oils. A practical guide to painting coastal and marine scenery in watercolour, oils and pastels this book contains many tips and techniques for artists of all levels but starts with fairly simple scenes, graduating to more complicated ones. Most of the landscapes are from around the British Isles, but there are also be paintings of coastal scenery in Italy, East Africa, Greece and Iceland.

The Watercolour Artist's Bible

Author: Marylin Scott
Publisher: Search
ISBN: 9781844480937
Category : Watercolor painting
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
With over 100 step-by-step sequences demonstrating how to paint a wide range of subjects using watercolours, Marilyn Scott provides techniques from composition, brushwork and blending, to special effects like stippling and adding lustre.

Watercolour Landscapes

Author: David Bellamy
Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
ISBN: 9780004133263
Category : Landscape painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Landscapes in watercolour are what most amateur painters want to paint. David Bellamy is an excellent teacher with a large following and this book is aimed at the beginner. It includes: advice on basic materials and palette; simple exercises on watercolour techniques; advice on painting skies and water; numerous step-by-step demonstrations and hints and tips from a professional artist.

David Bellamy's Arabian Light

Author: David Bellamy
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1782217290
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Explore the deserts, mountains and souks of the Middle East, with best-selling author and artist David Bellamy. The book is divided into chapters according to region: South Arabia and the Swahili Coast; Egypt; Jordan; Lebanon, Dubai, and Oman. Like Arctic Light, the book will provide an intriguing and entertaining insight into the region as a whole - its history, culture, customs, geography and way of life - all written from the perspective of an artist and filled with personal anecdotes and spiced with humour. The illustrations cover a wide variety of subject matter, including desert and mountain scenery, souqs, ancient ruins, temples and monuments, various characters, dhows, feluccas and coastal scenes, mosques and Islamic architecture, Bedouin life and much more.