Watercolour and Beyond by David Bellamy

Watercolour and Beyond by David Bellamy encourages you step beyond traditional watercolour with over 60 creative techniques from renowned artist David Bellamy. A master of watercolour landscapes, David teaches you ways to make your watercolours glow with excitement and introduces methods of working. Packed with fresh ideas, this title will help you push boundaries, add drama and experiment with exciting mixed-media approaches.

The book is split into four main sections; Starting Traditional, Developing Your Style, Interpreting and Altering Your Subjects and Taking it Further. You’ll begin with the watercolour basics, then through a series of step-by-step exercises you’ll build your skills and style. Once you’ve mastered this David encourages you learn how to alter your subject, exaggerate perspective and turn your composition to abstraction. The final section encourages you to think about where you want to take your painting skills through a series of projects.

An innovative, inspiring and practical book, Watercolour and Beyond is fantastic for all landscape artists looking to explore new and exciting ideas.

160 page paperback. 216 x 280mm

LOOK INSIDE

• Introduction 6

• Foundations: Exploring watercolour 10

• Simplicity

• What to paint 12

• Technique: Washes 14

• The power of monochromes 16

• Texture 18

• Working with harmonious colours 20

• Moving into full colour 22

• Technique: Wet-in-wet watercolour 24

• Technique: Dropping in 26

• Colour mixing 28

• Technique: Glazing 30

• Sketching and reference 32

• Sketching in colour 34

• Working outside 36

• Composition 38

• Technique: Using masking fluid 40

• The artist explorer: Developing your painting style 42

• Finding new approaches

• Working on different papers 44

• Technique: Pouring watercolour 46

• Mixing media: Ink with watercolour 48

• Technique: Sponging 52

• Technique: Stamping 54

• Improving your composition

• Simple devices to enhance your compositions 56

• Drama and energy in composition 60

• Injecting atmosphere and drama 62

• Light and space

• Technique: Pulling out colour 64

• Abstract shadow 65

• Colour, tone and space 66

• Technique: Negative painting 68

• Creating highlights in the sky 70

• Technique: Softening edges and strong lines 72

• Water

• Rivers 74

• Gouache

• Mixing media: Using gouache 80

• Using gouache with watercolour 82

• Figures

• Character 84

• Figures in context 86

• Masking

• Knifework 89

• Depicting scree 90

• Technique: Scumbling 92

• Visual texture

• Contrast in texture 95

• Mixing media: Texture with Inktense watercolour pencil 96

• Mixing media: Plastic food wrap 98

• Technique: Super-granulations with granulation medium 102

• Creative granulating 106

• Physical texture

• Mixing media: Aquapasto 108

• Mixing media: Gesso 110

• Mixing media: Watercolour ground 112

• Watercolour ground with added objects 118

• Collage 120

• Tissue paper as a base 122

• Fresh Directions: Interpretation and alteration 124

• Creative interpretation

• Pushing gouache to the fore 126

• Ghosting background features 128

• Creating a slightly looser approach 129

• Creating patterns with found materials 130

• Realistic features with watercolour ground 132

• Altering the lighting 134

• Shafts of sunlight and texture 136

• Bringing techniques together 138

• Alteration and rescue

• How to: Create a completely new foreground 142

• How to: Change the perspective 143

• How to: Fix problems caused by wax resist 144

• How to: Get rid of a prominent eyesore 146

• How to: Make good from a disaster 148

• New Routes: Beyond wall art 150

• Illustrating family events

• Boer Battles 152

• Journal sketching

• Bavarian Sunshine 154

• Enhanced sketchbooks 156

• Re-creating history

• Steam at Aberedw 158

• Index 160

David Bellamy has always been fascinated by the world's wild places. Highly regarded as a teacher of art, he has a tremendous following among leisure painters, many of whom have attended his extremely popular courses and workshops both in the UK and overseas. He gives demonstrations and talks, produces successful DVDs, has written many books on watercolour painting and is a regular contributor to art magazines. David lives in Builth Wells, Wales.