Painting Wildlife in Watercolor

by Peggy Macnamara

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.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this while at the Museum of Art in Chicago. It is a beautiful display of watercolor.

[Vivek KuRa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not for beginners.If you are looking for step by step walk through, then this book is not going to help. This is my complaint about most of the watercolor or other medium books. When a beginner like me picks up these books , our expectation is that there will be some tit bits about how to refine our techniques and skill. But most of the time these authors focus on showcasing their work rather than explaining on how they achieved the great results.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent. Very good. I'm going to have to come back to this one when I have more time.

[Linny · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful book with teaching pages for many of the animals. Very helpful to get the feel for layered look and expansive use of color. Only $30 or so in PB but out of print so costs $275+ on line.