Painting Wildlife in Watercolor (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Painting Wildlife in Watercolor Sunday, August 2 2009.

• Peggy Macnamara, the only artist-in-residence at Chicago's Field Museum, shares her unique "No-Fear" approach to capturing all forms of wildlife in living, luminous watercolor. Co-author Marlene Hill Donnelly, Field Museum Scientific Illustrator and third-generation painter, discloses in-depth information on color, paint properties, and design learned over a lifetime of art study and practice. In Painting Wildlife in Watercolor, Peggy demonstrates her singular method, which relies on a gradual layering of washes that eliminates the rigid and disaster-prone formulas of traditional watercolor painting. Peggy and Marlene provide clear and simple instructions for any beginning to advanced artist wanting to know about creating life-like renderings of everything from fur to feathers, along with Peggy's detailed illustrations of a vast range of both familiar and exotic animals.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Painting Wildlife in Watercolor Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Peggy Macnamara: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Painting Wildlife in Watercolor Friday, July 17 2009.

• It's easy for an artist to become so focused on the end product that the process is lost.