Capturing Light by Catherine Beale

Capturing Light by Catherine Beale is an installment of ‘The Innovative Artist’ book series and covers the artists’ process for creating radiant landscapes in watercolour. It’s perfect for creatives looking to explore the subtlety of light with an emphasis on creating dramatic, imaginative landscapes.

Catherine is an established watercolour artist who has embraced the fluidity of watercolour to explore modern watercolour pigments and push the boundaries of the medium. In what Catherine calls ‘Gravity Painting’, she works on a sloping board with lots ofwater to create luminous washes of mobile colour without any muddying.

To begin, Catherine discusses her technique, the materials she uses, as well as the importance of capturing the essence of a landscape. She starts you off with small exercises before building to inspirational demonstrations and finished pieces full of the allure of reflections, mists, shadows and dramatic skies. You’ll learn how to deveop ideas for landscape paintings as the book progresses and have the opportunity to explore Catherine’s own techniques in a series of nine projects. By following Catherine’s tuition you’ll learn how to free up your painting style, make bold colour choices and create vibrant paintings full of dramatic light.

176 page Paperback. 216 x 280mm.

LOOK INSIDE

• Introduction 6

• My inspiration 12

• Materials & tools 28

• Colour 40

• Light & shade 50

• Techniques 62

• More advanced techniques 94

• Projects 110

• Aerial Perspective 112

• Mists 120

• Clouds

• Storms & Rain 128

• Bleached by High Summer Sun 134

• Blinding Sun & Hard Shadows 140

• Dappled Woodland Light 146

• Sparkling Light on the Sea 152

• Sunset 158

• Artificial Light 164

• Index 176

Catherine Beale is known for her light-filled watercolours, the luminosity of which is influenced by years spent in Asia where light and colour pervaded every facet of her local daily life. During time spent there her clients included the British High Commission, the British Club and US Embassy in Singapore, organizations including BNP Paribas and Reuters, and the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary in Malaysia. Her work was also gifted to the British Royal Family and Singapore's President.

Catherine now works from her studio in Bath, UK painting commissions for private collectors including galleries, art shop owners and schools. Her pictures can be found in Bath’s Flamingo Gallery, Stourhead's First View Gallery and White Chalk in Devizes. She is often in the Bath Society of Artists Annual Exhibition and during the Wylye Valley and Bath's Open Studios. She exhibits annually with the Society of Women Artists at the Mall Galleries, and has exhibited with the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Institute of Painters. Catherine has contributed to The Artist Magazine (UK), and runs workshops for art groups and the Royal West of England Academy Bristol.