10 Step Watercolour: Birds: Paint 25 Exquisitely Detailed Birds in 10 Easy Steps

Eleanor Longhurst is a Bristol-based illustrator who specialises in painting flowers and woodland animals. In this new 10 Step Watercolour series from Search Press, she focuses on the popular subject of: Flowers and Plants and Birds. Both books use a simple ten-step process, which shows you how to draw the basic outlines using simple shapes to achieve realistic proportions. Eleanor then adds washes of colour and fine details to build the work up to the finished painting.  A techniques section at the beginning of the book includes painting tips to build ability and confidence.  10 Step Watercolour: Birds is arranged in three chapters based on skill level. There are paint swatches for every bird, showing you exactly which colours you will need to mix for each of the 10 stages. Twenty-five projects are included show you how to paint all manner of birds, from the Atlantic puffin and red jungle fowl to pigeons and kingfishers.  -- Leisure Painter * Leisure Painter *