Drawing and Painting Birds. This item is unavailable.Drawing and Painting Birds

Birds are much admired, revered and envied. They have featured in art for many thousands of years and our fascination with them continues. They do though pose a challenge to paint and are not always the most cooperative of models. By understanding their anatomy and recognising their type, the artist can learn a shorthand way to capture movement and attitude. With technique and colour mastered, style develops and a special scene can be captured uniquely forever. Here, lifelong birdwatcher and artist Tim Wootton explains the bird types and how identifying specific similarities can help the artist. He gives advice on painting in the field; describes how to paint plumage and birds in flight and demonstrates how to compose a painting with emphasis on the birds habitat. This beautifully illustrated new book also gives insights into painting birds from 30 leading artists, as well as illustrations of their work, including John Busby, Robert Bateman and Charles Tuncliffe.

Tim Wootton has been watching and drawing birds since childhood. He now lives in the Orkney Islands where he works directly from observational drawings in the field, usually painting and completing the piece in the studio. His work has been exhibited across Britain and is held in private collections throughout the world. In 2008 he was awarded a gold medal from Wildscape Magazine's Wildlife Artist of the Year.