Simply Paint Birds by Tom Shepherd

Simply Paint Birds by Tom Shepherd is a complete watercolour guide for new watercolour painters looking to master the medium. Tom’s approach to teaching is exciting and dynamic, and his exercises and projects are fantastic for beginners. This book even includes a FREE Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolour Dot Card with 11 colours to get you started.

In his book, Tom proves that painting birds doesn’t have to be technical or daunting. His friendly approach and clear instructions are easy to follow. Tom’s book includes 26 projects that will help you capture all kinds of colourful birds in watercolour, including Eagles, Flamingos, Owls, Parrots, Red Cardinals, Toucans, Robins and more!

This book is ideal for beginners as each project is broken down into clear, simple and achievable steps. Each exercise is designed to help you build your basic watercolour skills while producing impressive results straight from the first project. The exercises also need limited materials - all you’ll need is a few watercolour paints, a handful of brushes and your watercolour paper. Follow along and you’ll soon be painting your own bright and colourful birds in Tom’s loose, fresh and contemporary style. Check out some of Tom’s watercolour tuorials on our blog!

128 page Paperback. 216 x 280mm

LOOK INSIDE

• Introduction 6

• Materials 8

• Techniques and tips 12

• Projects

• Raven 24

• Blackbird 28

• Swan 32

• Avocet 36

• Rockhopper penguins 40

• Red Cardinal 44

• Flamingo 48

• Scarlet Ibis 52

• Toucan 56

• Hummingbird 60

• Lovebirds 64

• Bateleur Eagle 68

• Tawny Owl 72

• Scarlet Macaw 76

• Robin 80

• Carmine Bee-eater 84

• Kingfisher 88

• Mandarin Duck 92

• Hoopoe 96

• Bluejay 100

• Barn Owl 104

• Turtle Dove 108

• Bald Eagle 112

• Blue-and-Gold Macaw 116

• Resplendent Quetzal 120

• Peacock 124

Tom Shepherd started his art career by creating custom artwork on guitars using graffiti pens. Making a move towards a brush and more traditional mediums opened up a whole new world to him, and he hasn’t looked back since. Tom loves painting a wide variety of subjects, but is always drawn back to the place where his first two passions met; painting wildlife, in particular birds. 

Tom's work has become widely collected across the world.  He has been a highly commended finalist in the world-renowned Wildlife Artist of the Year on several occasions. Where possible he likes to combine his artwork with conservation efforts close to his heart. As well as involvement with various group exhibitions geared towards raising funds for wildlife and conservation; he also contributes a portion of sales each year to UK based Organisations such as WWT (Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust), raising many thousands of pounds for wildlife.

Tom is also a highly regarded, and much sought-after tutor. As well as running his own workshops, he travels all over the UK teaching and demonstration for Art Groups & Societies.  He also leads painting holidays in beautiful rural France.

Tom co-hosts the podcast Ask an Artist, and runs successful remote painting classes through his School of Watercolour (schoolofwatercolour.co.uk)

You can also check out some of Tom’s watercolour tuorials on our blog!

Website: www.tomshepherdart.com

Instagram: @tomshepherdartist