The Art of Angela Gaughan

The Art of Angela Gaughan: Techniques & Inspiration for painting wildlife in acrylics offers a insight into an award-winning artist's painting process. It offers inspiration and instruction on how to achieve amazingly detailed, life-like wildlife paintings.

In this book Angela shares with you her lifetime's experience in creating art. From sumptuous colour, to techniques that combine the advantages of acrylic and oils, this inspirational book will take you through her unique approach to painting. You'll learn how to create depth and character in your own acrylic wildlife paintings by following the step-by-step demonstrations to help hone your skills.

This book offers detailed descriptions of the materials, tools and media Angela uses in her art. It includes chapters on the use of colour and light, sourcing your references and building up your compositions. You'll learn everything about each stage of Angela's painting process including working from reference photographs, completing tonal drawings and using a combination of transparent and opaque colours to create a finished painting. The instructional techniques connect to substatial chapters on colour, composition and finish off with masterwork techniques to help more advanced artists push their artwork further.