David Bellamy's coastal landscapes - David Bellamy

David Bellamy has a tremendous following among amateur painters and in this long-awaited new book, he tackles the popular painting subject of the sea and coastline, mainly in watercolour, but also in pastels and oils.

David Bellamy's previous books have sold extremely well; Watercolour Landscape Course (54,000 copies sold), Developing Your Watercolours (26,500) and Learn to Paint Landscapes in Watercolour (31,200).

This new book is a practical guide to painting coastal and marine scenery in watercolour, oils and pastels.It contains many tips and techniques for artists of all levels but starts with fairly simple scenes, graduating to more complicated ones.

Most of the landscapes are from around the British Isles, but there are also paintings of coastal scenery in Italy, East Africa, Greece and Iceland.

Contents include:

Sketching outdoors
Painting with watercolours, pastels and oils
Coastal Landscapes
Painting on site
Beachcombing with paints
Painting the sea
Rocks and cliffs
Boats and harbours
Afloat with a sketchbook
Atmosphere and light
Gallery of paintings