Painting Nature in Watercolour

Watercolour is an exhilarating and popular medium, being immediate, fresh and versatile. This book offers the beginner and the experienced artist advice on how to paint nature in all its variety and complexity. Each of the 135 lessons in this book is set out in a problem and solution format with many step-by-step demonstrations. The basic watercolour techniques are explained, then the special effects that can add sparkle to one's paintings are explored. The author concentrates on key elements of the landscape - trees, skies and water - and highlights the common problems of depicting nature in all the seasons, varying weather conditions, and at different times of the day.