Painting the Faces of Wildlife

by Baughan, Kalon; Baughan, Brook

• ISBN13: 9780891349624
• ISBN10: 0891349626
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: North Light Books

Summary

Baughan shares is secrets for capturing up close the spirit and personality of animals in 18 highly realistic painting demonstrations.

Author Biography

Kalon Baughan currently resides in Longmont, Colorado, where he works as a professional wildlife painter. Baughan received his bachelor of fine arts degree in 1988 from Albion College, where he graduated with honors and earned the Outstanding Artist Award. He has painted professionally since then, returning to Albion College as their Artist in Residence from 1992 through 1994. Baughan has also served as an instructor for artists at several art symposiums across the country, including the Acadia Symposium and Wolf Prairie Wildlife Art Symposium and seminars at the University of Tulsa and the Northern Wildlife Art Expo. Baughan has exhibited in many group and one-person shows, and he has been honored as Featured Artist at the Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show, NatureWorks Oklahoma Wildlife Art Festival, Northern Wildlife Art Expo and the Prestige Gallery Originals Showcase. He has also exhibited at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Wendell Gilley Museum National Wildlife Art Showing, Vancouver International Wildlife Art Show, Michigan Wildlife Art Festival and the Grand National Art Invitational. Baughan was also named Michigan Wildlife Artist of the Year in 1995. Baughan has been interviewed by CNN Headline News as an up-and-coming artist and has had several articles and references in Wildlife Art, U.S. Art, InformArt and Art Trends magazines. Brook McClintic Baughan graduated from Albion College in 1997, with degrees in psychology and fine arts. She is currently earning her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(14)
Bears	22	(14)
Bear Anatomy	26	(3)
Grizzly Bear Demonstration	29	(7)
Wolves	36	(16)
Wolf Anatomy	40	(2)
Arctic Wolves Demonstration	42	(5)
Gray Wolf Demonstration	47	(5)
Cats	52	(24)
Comparison of the Cougar and the Jaguar	58	(2)
Cougar in Its Habitat Demonstration	60	(5)
Jaguar Demonstration	65	(6)
Cougar Portrait Demonstration	71	(5)
Antlered Mammals	76	(14)
Elk Anatomy	79	(1)
White-Tailed Deer Anatomy	80	(1)
Moose Anatomy	81	(1)
Elk Demonstration	82	(6)
White-Tailed Deer Demonstration	88	(1)
Moose Demonstration	89	(1)
Horned Mammals	90	(10)
Bighorn Ram Demonstration	94	(4)
American Bison Demonstration	98	(2)
Small Mammals	100	(10)
Red Fox Demonstration	104	(4)
Eastern Fox Squirrel Demonstration	108	(1)
Chipmunk Demonstration	109	(1)
Painting Birds With Bart Rulon	110	(14)
Golden Eagle Demonstration	114	(3)
Immature Peregrine Falcon Demonstration	117	(2)
American Avocet Demonstration	119	(2)
Roseate Spoonbill Demonstration	121	(3)
Conclusion	124	(2)
Contributor Information	126	(1)
Index	127