Product Description

Top wildlife artist John Seerey-Lester shares his award-winning techniques for capturing the look and feel of wild animals. Through detailed demonstrations in oil and acrylic, aspiring and advanced wildlife painters will learn how to:

-Research painting ideas -Develop a composition -Use color and value -Re-create fur textures -Paint weather and atmosphere conditions -Make or break a painting with light -Work in the field

Artists will appreciate the blend of easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and beautiful samples of Seerey-Lester's work that demonstrate the principles in each chapter.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #459720 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-12
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

From Booklist
Seerey-Lester focuses on wildlife, with examples of techniques in oil and acrylic and detailed explanations, all broken down into step-by-step instructions. Painting "the wild side of life" begins, predictably, with palette and brushes, studio and field equipment, then progresses to abstract concepts and composition with sections devoted to color, value, lighting fundamentals, and fieldwork as well as a specific component on painting weather and atmospheric conditions. Whitney Scott
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Customer Reviews

Painting Wildlife with John Seerey-Lester
The layout of this book is clear and concise making it easy to follow. However, I did feel that the author relied on some known artistic knowledge of such things as tonal values, lighting, etc. As a beginner, I found there were many words and ideas that I did not understand which I floundered on. Nevertheless, in fairness the demonstrations were excellent and some of the best that I have seen. I liked the way the colours to each painting were shown which I found a great help. If you already have some wildlife painting experience then this book is ideal for furthering technique.