David Bellamy’s Watercolour Landscape Course - Softcover

Bellamy, David

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9780007273447: David Bellamy’s Watercolour Landscape Course

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ISBN 10: 0007273444 ISBN 13: 9780007273447

Publisher: Collins, 2008

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David Bellamy’s Watercolour Landscape Course is a popular guide to landscape painting that has sold over 55,000 copies to date. Structured and practical in approach, it is unique in that it has amateur painters painting pictures right from the start.

Well-known teacher-artist David Bellamy helps students to learn techniques by producing actual sketches, studies and watercolour paintings in this inspiring and practical guide.

The book is divided into three main parts:
� The first section covers all the practical aspects of watercolour painting;
� the second section is more challenging, requiring students to take a little more initiative and develop their own style; and
� the third shows how to paint the many different elements of the landscape.

The course includes numerous practical exercises which highlight the key points covered in each chapter and there are twelve demonstration pictures with clear, step-by-step instructions.

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Following David Bellamy’s well–structured course, you will learn all the necessary skills and techniques needed to create sketches, studies, and watercolor paintings. The course is arranged in three sections: practical aspects of watercolor painting and technique; developing a personal style; and exploring the elements of the landscape, from skies, water, and trees to buildings and mountains. Throughout, there are numerous practical exercises that not only highlight the key points of each chapter, but also enable students to monitor their progress. In addition, there are a dozen demonstration paintings with clear, step–by–step details explaining how to paint a variety of landscapes in watercolor. David Bellamy is a well–known artist and instructor; among his books are Coastal Landscapes, Learn to Paint Watercolor, and Developing Your Watercolors.

About the Author:

David Bellamy is well known for his atmospheric watercolour paintings, which can be found in private collections around the world, and is the author of several books published by HarperCollins. Highly regarded as a teacher of art, he has a tremendous following among amateur painters, runs extremely popular courses and workshops and has produced a number of successful videos on watercolour painting.

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