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Unlock the world of contemporary watercolour bird painting with popular artist and dynamic teacher, Tom Shepherd. Free Daniel Smith paint dot card included to get you started immediately! Painting birds doesn't have to be technical or daunting, even for a complete beginner. Through friendly advice and clear instructions, expert artist and tutor Tom Shepherd will show you how to paint 26 dynamic, colourful birds in 8 steps each, including: Eagles Flamingos Owls Macaw parrots Red Cardinals Toucans Robins   If you’re a complete beginner, simply follow the projects in order to learn how to handle watercolour in achievable, rewarding steps. You will build essential skills while producing impressive results right from the start. Meanwhile, if you’re a confident hobby artist, you can dip in and out wherever you wish. Tom's step-by-step process for each bird is simple and achievable, and uses just a few watercolour paints and a handful of brushes. His style is fresh and contemporary, and his clear instructions will allow you to achieve the same loose, dynamic results.

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Simply Paint Birds is the perfect book for both beginner watercolorists and professionals wanting to learn new techniques. With a useful guide on different ways to use watercolours and an easy to follow step-by-step process using minimal colours, it is possible to paint an array of stunning birds from the comfort of your kitchen table. -- Jess Pritchard * Wildlife Conservation Artist * A fabulous book with comprehensive instructions and very easy to follow step-by step-guides to painting the dazzling array of birds. I thoroughly enjoyed completing the exercises as a watercolour novice and it has inspired me to delve further into watercolour. -- Catherine Turner * Wildlife Artist *

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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) Website: www.tomshepherdart.com Instagram: @tomshepherdartist

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