Painting the Drama of Wildlife Step by Step

Painting the Drama of Wildlife Step by Step

Author: Terry Isaac

Publisher: Northlight

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780891348122

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


Wildlife Painting Step By Step

Wildlife Painting Step By Step

Author: Patrick Seslar

Publisher: North Light Books

Published: 2000-09-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781581800869

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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.


Painting the Allure of Nature

Painting the Allure of Nature

Author: Susan D. Bourdet

Publisher: Northlight

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781581801644

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Weber shows you how to mix and load paint, shape your brush and apply a variety of intriguing strokes in nine easy-to-follow demonstrations.


Legends of the Hunt

Legends of the Hunt

Author: John Seerey-Lester

Publisher: Legends Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935342052

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Legends of the Hunt: Campfire Tales, the much-anticipated sequel to John Seerey-Lester's 2009 Legends of the Hunt, features more than 130 paintings by the artist and some sixty exciting stories covering the remarkable true-life adventures of many of the world's greatest hunters, explorers, and conservationists. You will read stories about such legends as Theodore Roosevelt and African professional hunter J. A. Hunter; the true story of Grizzly Adams; harrowing encounters involving William Hornaday and Ernest Thompson Seton; and a gut-wrenching story about Carl Akeley. There are many other legends in this spellbinding book, which brings to life all the tales that were told around campfires over the past 150 years. As you gaze at Seerey-Lester's authentic, wonderfully absorbing images, you will smell the smoke from the campfire, feel the freezing rain against your skin, and taste the dust from the African plains. Most certainly you will find yourself drifting back in time to join those honored men and women as they relate their adventures around the campfire.


Painting Birds Step by Step

Painting Birds Step by Step

Author: Bart Rulon

Publisher: Northlight

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780891346326

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Designed to help the fast-growing numbers of wildlife painters depict birds and habitats realistically, this guide features a treasury of tips and techniques on painting feather textures, the work of some of America's top bird painters, nine step-by-step demonstrations covering a variety of birds, creative ideas for using shadows, unusual poses, action, lighting, camouflage, and more.


Wildlife in American Art

Wildlife in American Art

Author: National Museum of Wildlife Art

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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For more than two decades, the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming, has honored and sustained the tradition of wildlife in American art by assembling the most comprehensive collection of paintings and sculptures portraying North American wildlife in the world. Wildlife in American Art presents for the first time a generous sampling of the museum's holdings, charts the history of this enduring theme in American art, and explores the evolving relationship between Americans and the natural resources of this continent.


Drawing: Birds

Drawing: Birds

Author: Maury Aaseng

Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 1633228509

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With Drawing: Birds, learn to render a variety of beautiful, realistic birds in graphite pencil. Artists of all skill levels and bird enthusiasts alike will find creative inspiration and valuable drawing instruction in Drawing: Birds. This comprehensive book opens with an introduction to essential drawing tools, including graphite pencils, erasers, paper, and other materials. Then learn a variety of basic drawing techniques, such as shading, stippling, hatching, crosshatching, and others. Discover helpful tips for creating a good composition, understanding and seeing value, transferring photo references, and taking artistic liberties. After learning the drawing basics, jump into the easy step-by-step projects to draw specific birds, including a barred owl, a great blue heron, a ruby-throated hummingbird, a gray parrot, a pileated woodpecker, and black-capped chickadees. In this book, professional artist and nature enthusiast Maury Aaseng offers simple, comprehensive instruction for drawing a range of lovely birds, as well as information for achieving accurate proportions, capturing motion, and building up form. Aaseng also shows you how to create realistic textures, such as feathers, nests, tree bark, and water. With his easy step-by-step projects that start with basic shapes and progress to detailed final drawings, you can draw many birds, from the common to the exotic. Easy-to-follow instruction and art tips throughout make Drawing: Birds a complete guide for creating realistic and detailed drawings of these feathered friends. For the aspiring avian artist, this book is a must-have art-instruction reference. Designed for beginners, the How to Draw & Paint series offers easy-to-follow guides that introduce artists to basic tools and materials and include simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. Drawing: Birds allows artists to develop drawing skills by demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create varied textures, values, and details for a realistic, completed drawing.


Painting the Drama of Wildlife Step by Step

Painting the Drama of Wildlife Step by Step

Author: Terry Isaac

Publisher: North Light Books

Published: 2002-09-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781581803631

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A summit meeting of wolves above the timberline. A cougar sharpening his claws along a rushing stream. The quiet after the storm. These are nature's special moments--and master wildlife artist Terry Isaac will show you how to bring them to life in your art. In this book, you'll discover techniques for capturing the splendor of wildlife...for turning nature's inspiration into dramatic paintings. Learn from 12 step-by-step demonstrations how to achieve a variety of realistic textures, including fur, feathers, grass and water. Four complete painting demonstrations show, from start to finish, how to create realistic paintings filled with the beauty of the wild, and feature methods for creating depth, capturing unique lighting effects, and integrating the subject with the scene. Isaac also provides practical advice on research and fieldwork, tips for pulling together reference materials, composition dos and dont's, and suggested equipment and supplies.