Author Description

In this comprehensive, practical guide, David Bellamy shows the reader how to paint his favourite subject - wild landscapes. Featuring over 165 paintings and illustrations that have never been published before, this book will enable artists of all levels to embark upon this fascinating subject with confidence. Painting Wild Landscapes in Watercolour is an inspirational guide to painting every kind of wilderness, from glaciers, mountains and gorges to deserts, jungles and savannahs. Early chapters cover all the basics: the materials you will need, how to organise them for maximum efficiency and the best techniques for painting outdoors. Throughout the book there are numerous exercises and demonstration paintings with clear step-by-step details, explaining how to succeed at painting a wide variety of different subjects. David describes painting in a variety of locations and conditions - even desert heat and snowstorms need not be insurmountable problems! On his travels throughout the world, from Wales, Peru and Tanzania to France, Iceland and Nepal, he has painted in many remote places. The book features beautiful paintings from all these destinations and includes some of the stories that go with them, such as working in the Arctic in sub-zero temperatures, and painting waist-deep in water on a rafting adventure. Painting Wild Landscapes in Watercolour is instructional and inspirational, and will appeal to all those painters looking for something more challenging to tackle.