Download or read book Capturing the Essence written by William T. Cooper and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2011 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the Essence is a step-by-step personal guide - by one of Australia's greatest living bird artists - to observing, retaining the essential information and then painting birds from field notes and sketches, photographs and other field observations. Painting or drawing any subject well gives great satisfaction. In this book the author hopes to help the reader become competent at drawing and painting birds, or at least to enjoy trying!