Product Description

Developing Your Watercolours is a practical, structured course for watercolour painters with some experience -- continuing where the very successful Watercolour Landscape Course left off. With over 28,000 copies sold it is fast becoming a classic instructional guide. Fully illustrated with David Bellamy's evocative watercolours, the book follows a similar approach to Watercolour Landscape Course and is divided into four main sections: / The preparatory planning stages, with advice on choosing materials and working on location / Guidelines on how to give your paintings more impact through imaginative composition, lighting and mood / More exciting watercolour techniques / Specific projects and exhibition work Also included are a number of practical exercises, relating to paintings featured in a gallery at the end of the book, and several step-by-step demonstrations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #115797 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
David Bellamy is a highly regarded art teacher, with a big following among leisure painters. He runs extremely popular painting courses, gives demonstrations and talks, has had several popular TV series about painting outdoors and has produced a number of videos on painting. He is a regular contributor to Leisure Painter magazine and is the author of several highly successful books on watercolour painting; Collins Learn to Paint Watercolour Landscapes, David Bellamy's Coastal Landscapes, David Bellamy's Watercolour Landscape Course and Developing Your Watercolours.

Customer Reviews

Not How to Paint a Tree
I live in France and don't like the heat so last summer I thought I would like to do something really worthwhile with the 6 weeks I am holed up in my house keeping out of the heat. Painting out of doors is no longer an option so I thought I'd work my way systematically through this book.

Unlike most watercolour books it doesn't labour on about brushes and basic techniques, wax resist and lifting out, it really is aimed at the improver - and there are so few books out there which are! What it won't tell you for example is how to paint a tree - for that you need a beginner's book

I particurlarly liked the fact (unlike most other painting books) that you get the original photo from which to paint, then at the back of the book is the gallery of his paintings so you can see how he has tackled the same photo. You begin to see not just what he has left out or added in but that he has perhaps used a limited palette or that colours are from half of the colour wheel or all warm or cool colours. Most artists seem to like to keep their secrets about how to get from the original scene to finished painting. This book is complete and a fabulous learning tool.

Outstanding book!

As the title says
This book is designed to help you develope, not just your watercolours but your own style as well. Set out in stages and an easy book to read, with plenty of tip's and instruction.

Inspiring and useful
An excellent book for all watercolour improvers, packed with inspirational paintings and useful exercises.