Painting Nature in Watercolour

HarperCollins, London, first edition, 1991. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. 399 pp, profusely illustrated in colour. From the blurb - "Learn how to capture the brilliant colours of autumn leaves, the mood of a stormy sky, or the shimmer of dark reflections in water. Painting Nature in Watercolour provides 135 stimulating lessons in painting trees, skies and water to help you improve your landscape painting. Watercolour is the most exhilarating painting medium - it’s immediate, fresh and versatile. This book offers you all the help you need to paint nature in all its variety and complexity. The basic watercolour techniques are explained, then the special effects that can add sparkle to your paintings are explored. Once you have a thorough understanding of all these watercolour techniques you can begin any of the 135 lessons that make up this book. Each lesson concentrates on a common problem that you are likely to encounter when you paint nature. Each problem is analysed and then a working procedure is outlined. You will find that many compositions can be interpreted in more than one way and you will come to understand how and why each painting is executed the way it is. The lessons explain all the steps in the painting process and many have step-by-step demonstrations that enable you to see how the painting evolved… All landscape painters will find Painting Nature in Watercolour both practical and inspirational. By concentrating on key elements of a landscape - trees, skies and water - it offers both beginners and experienced artists the opportunity to develop their work and produce creative and successful landscape paintings. Elegant bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.