Painting the Drama of Wildlife Step by Step


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




Painting the Faces of Wildlife Step by Step


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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.




Wildlife Painting Step By Step


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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.




Drawing and Painting Animals


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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.




Painting Wildlife Step by Step


Book Description

Easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations in acrylic, watercolor and oil Inside, you'll learn how to create realistic wildlife paintings, step by step, mastering dozens of specific wildlife textures, including: • Fur of a bobcat, American bison, snow leopard cub and wolf • Feathers of a wood duck, white-throated sparrow and northern shoveler • Scales of a trout and sunfish • Ears of a cottontail rabbit, white-tailed deer and red fox • Bills and Muzzles of a northern cardinal, mallard, great blue heron and mountain lion • Tails and Feet of a red squirrel, ruffled grouse and blue jay • Antlers and Horns of a deer, moose, bighorn sheep and pronghorn • White and Black Subjects such as a polar bear, tundra swan and Canada goose Through, you'll benefit from Rod Lawrence's years of wildlife painting experience. He'll help you notice, for example, the way hair and feature textures change on different parts of an animal's body through the seasons—and even according to the age of the animal. Use this heightened awareness, along with the easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations inside, to create more realistic, more sensitive wildlife paintings.




The Complete Book of Textures for Artists


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Learning to render a variety of textures is a fundamental skill for any fine artist, no matter the chosen media or subject matter. The Complete Book of Textures for Artists features more than 275 step-by-step lessons, tips, and techniques for rendering a wide range of textures in a variety of media, including graphite pencil, charcoal, colored pencil, oil, and acrylic. Whether you're an experienced artist or just starting out, The Complete Book of Textures for Artists features a wide variety of both traditional and contemporary techniques. After an introduction to the basic tools and materials, discover a variety of drawing and painting techniques, such as hatching, crosshatching, shading, blending, layering, burnishing, and more. Organized into sections based on subject matter and media, each page features easy-to-follow steps demonstrating how to create each specific texture. Not only will you learn a variety of techniques, but you’ll also discover new ideas and inspiration for using the techniques in your own projects. Packed with easy-to-follow instructions and plenty of helpful artist tips, The Complete Book of Textures for Artists is the perfect resource for beginning and established artists who are ready to master the intricacies of rendering realistic texture in their artwork.




Painting Wildlife Textures Step by Step


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Wildlife artist Lawrence demystifies the process of painting the wild and woolly textures of wildlife with 50 mini demonstrations for painting with acrylic, watercolor or oil. Illustrations.




Woodburning Realistic Animals


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• Guide to creating highly realistic pyrography portraits of domestic animals, North American wildlife, African wildlife, and birds. • Skill-building tutorials show how to burn specific features like eyes, noses, fur, etc. • Author’s social media @MinisaPyrography: 13K Facebook followers, 2K Instagram followers. • Woodburning Realistic People sold 2,597 copies with $20,745.97 since its release in June 2017.




Keys to Painting - Fur & Feathers


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Nothing creates a stronger sense of "life" in your wildlife art than realistic textures. This book, a collection of some of the finest art instruction ever published by North Light Books, will show you proven ways to paint fur, feathers and other realistic wildlife textures. You'll find easy-to-follow instruction and step-by-step demonstrations from top wildlife artists in a variety of mediums, including acrylic, oil, watercolor and pastel. No matter what your medium or how long you've been painting, these "keys" will unlock new possibilities in your wildlife art.




Wildlife Painting Basics - Small Animals


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Small Animals includes clear, easy-to-follow instructions for creating startingly realistic drawings and paintings of animals including rabbits, squirrels, mice, otters, dogs and cats.