Presents preliminary sketching, composition, texture, colors, seasonal variations, lighting, habitat, pose and perspective in sixteen step by step demonstration paintings.

Create paintings so vivid you can practically feel the thick fur of the timber wolf, sense the wing-beats of the red-tailed hawk, see the small-mouth bass prowl the rocky shallows. Clear away the mystery of painting mammals, birds and fish with Patrick Seslar and thirteen other well-known wildlife artists. Follow them as they lead you in new approaches to learning about animals, their habitats and how to capture them in oils, watercolors, acrylics or pastels. Step-by-step demonstrations show you how to paint fur, feathers and scales, and how to capture characteristic gestures and poses.

This book offers tips on how to accurately capture the anatomy, colors and textures of specific animals, along with insight on how to study and photograph them, recommendations on the best art tools and materials to use, and guidance through the entire painting process.

Showing how to depict some of nature's most dazzling creatures, this book's careful demonstrations simplify the process of painting and drawing wildlife. Instruction is geared to working with pencil, oil, and watercolor, utilizing the particular properties of each medium to portray hair, fur, and feathers, and more. 150 color and 50 b&w illustrations.

A examination of time-tested methods used by artists since the Renaissance to make realistic pictures of imagined things.

Learn Wildlife Painting with Techniques from Masters With decades of experience at Chicago's renowned Field Museum, artist-in- residence Peggy Macnamara and scientific illustrator Marlene Hill Donnelly share tips on all aspects of painting wildlife in luminous watercolor. Painting Wildlife in Watercolor includes everything you'll need to know to from basics to finishing touches of rendering vibrant lifelike animals, birds and reptiles. Well-known for her "no fear" approach which bypasses traditional composition methods, Peggy Macnamara employs a technique of gradually applying color to develop rich subtle tones. Balancing this is Marlene Donnelly's clear and detailed instruction on drawing and painting techniques-the perfect complement to the "no fear" approach. The authors explore subject matter, color theory, design, light and shadow, and present several illustrative demonstrations. Macnamara describes her process as a form of meditation and encourages the student to compose their image using many light layers. She says of her technique, "It automatically builds depth in the liquid expression of the eyes as well as in the rich texture of fur and feathers." Whether rendering birds, mammals, or reptiles, these master artists will guide you as you create your own interpretation, step by step, as they share their years of experience. This innovative approach allows artists at all levels of experience to imbue their work with a fresh and subtle beauty. This book is also available from Echo Point Books in hardcover (ISBN 1635619475).

The top wildlife artist shares his award-winning techniques for capturing the look and feel of wild animals.