The book includes: information on choosing paints, brushes and other equipments with guidance on mixing colours and understanding colour harmony and contrasts; advice on selecting ideas and keeping a sketchbook; how to plan each stage of your painting, from checking the composition to adding the final details; help with painting from colour sketches, drawings and photographs as well as useful tips on how to tackle landscapes, still life and other subjects.
- ISBN10 0340869895
- ISBN13 9780340869895
- Publish Date 26 September 2003 (first published 3 June 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hodder Arnold
- Imprint Teach Yourself Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English