David Bellamy’s Landscapes through the Seasons in Watercolour

Master artist and best-selling author David Bellamy shares with you his techniques, ideas and approach to painting his beloved landscape throughout the year. A revised and expanded edition of David Bellamy's Winter Landscapes in Watercolour, David looks at each season in detail and explores the challenges and surprises they present to the landscape artist.

Also covered are learning techniques for seasonal effects such as rendering hoar frost on trees; misty and atmospheric effects; injecting rogue colours to add excitement to your work; how to tackle a variety of tree branches for different species; depicting light branches against dark backgrounds; altering the composition to suit your needs, and so much more.

Book Contents

Introduction6
Materials8
Basic brush techniques12
Summer14
Lakeland Waterfall20
Moor in Summer30
Autumn36
Late Autumn Waterfall42
Winter48
Winter Mountains56
Farm in Snow71
Spring78
After the Spring Shower82
Planning paintings88
Further techniques92
Index96