Table of Contents

Introduction Materials and Techniques: pencils; brushes; personal grid; negative shapes; guidelines; tone; shadows; blending; wet into wet and dry brush; washes; highlights; blotting off; resists; texture; colour; palette; stages of painting; rescue techniques THE THEMES: Skies and Water; Trees and Foliage; Flowers; Fruit and Vegetables; Animals; Still Lifes in the Landscape; Still Life Materials; Buildings; Index

About the Author

Trudy Friend is an experienced and accomplished artist and teacher who runs specialist courses in all media. Her special passion for drawing and watercolour painting led her to devise the highly popular 'Problems and Solutions' column for the UK's Leisure Pointer magazine on which this, and her previous title Drawing Problems and Solutions, are based. She has also written for The Artist and Artists & Illustrators magazines and lives in Monmouthshire, Wales.