David Bellamy’s Seas & Shorelines In Watercolour

Learn to paint the varied and dramatic coastlines of the world, with expert author David Bellamy.

Renowned watercolourist David Bellamy shares his passion for painting seas and shorelines in this inspiring and practical book. There is advice on finding subjects and painting the different moods of the sea; rocks, crags and cliffs; adding figures and animals into your artworks; as well as an in-depth look at the painting and sketching techniques required. David''s extensive travels mean that seas and shorelines from all over the world appear in the paintings.

Introduction 6
Materials 8
Working with watercolours 12
Painting coastal features 20
Maidenhall point 40
A Day by the sea 46
Composition 52
Crail harbour 60
figures & birds 66
Lonely Cormorant 72
All at sea 78
Painting on holiday 86
Mykonos Harbour 90
Index 96

Wonderfully informative with clear instruction. Helpful advice for a novice or more experienced painter 

An informative book showing great techniques for painting seas, boats, shorelines & cliffs. I especially gained a lot from David’s use of other materials used to enhance a painting. Applying netting to paint a lobster pot is something I have enjoyed with acrylics, but, will use for Watercolours as well. His explanation of painting skies was eloquent and I will be experimenting with them all. He encourages playing with paint and techniques - it’s only paper after all! I also enjoy mixing paint on the paper and letting the paint do its thing. I would have liked David to mention more about which colours he uses in his examples.
The 4 step by step painting are explained so well.
His illustration of painting throughout the book are inspirational.
I will certainly be recommending this book to fellow Artists.

Popular artist, tutor and Leisure Painter contributor, David Bellamy, inspires us to paint seas and shorelines in all their moods in his eagerly awaited book Seas & Shorelines in Watercolour. Both practical and inspiring, David gives advice on finding suitable subjects, composition, how to tackle specific coastal features from all over the world, and how to add figures and birds to your paintings. There''s plenty of in-depth information about painting and sketching techniques throughout. 

This is David’s best book in a long time and his Arctic trip seems to have rekindled his love of all things rugged. It tells the story of the littoral – the point where land and sea meet. Astonishingly, although there have been books on painting the sea and on coastal scenes, this moment of transition has largely passed the instructional book market by. It’s possible that this is because margins are always hard to define – they’re small and tend to vanish when you look at them.

So, is this a book about nothing at all? Well, no, of course it isn’t. What David has done is to combine the two conventional approaches – sea and land – and show you how they inextricably interact. So, you get waves both crashing and lapping on cliffs and beaches, harbour villages clinging to rocky slopes that teeter down to the water’s edge, as well as boats, buildings, birds and people.

There’s also a nicely complete narrative to the book’s construction. You don’t just get a series of unconnected exercises and demonstrations, but rather the story of how the coastline connects land to water and the margin to itself, creating a string of scenes and opportunities. It’s as thrilling as it is informative and the results are stunning.

David Bellamy''s Seas & Shorelines in Watercolour

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