Lessons in Landscapes: Painting Trees Watercolour: Tips, Techniques and Step-By-Step Exercises

Learn watercolour the easy way, in this fresh, visual and brand-new series from trusted teacher and best-selling author, Matthew Palmer. Focusing on trees, leaves and foliage, work your way through 12 skill-building paintings and one inspiring final project to create your own remarkable results. Start your watercolour journey with ease and confidence, guided by renowned teacher and best‑selling author Matthew Palmer. Perfect for complete beginners, this book shows you exactly how to create beautiful trees, leaves, and foliage using 12 simple, confidence‑building lessons. Begin with the basics: essential tools, straightforward colour‑mixing advice and foolproof colour recipes that take the guesswork out of getting started. Then dive straight into 12 inspiring, skill-building lessons, taking you from a simple tree shapes to flourishing forests with clear, step‑by‑step photos and friendly instructions. An inspiring final painting project bring all your new skills together. Along the way, Matthew shares his trusted tips and easy techniques, helping you avoid common mistakes and achieve results you’ll be proud of – even if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush before. Approachable, visual, and enjoyable, this book breaks watercolour landscape painting into small, manageable steps, making it the ideal companion for any beginner ready to discover the joy of painting. Learn watercolour the easy way, in this fresh, visual and brand-new series from trusted teacher and best-selling author, Matthew Palmer. Focusing on trees, leaves and foliage, work your way through 12 skill-building paintings and one inspiring final project to create your own remarkable results. The perfect watercolour guide for beginners, this book is packed with short, easy-to-follow exercises, complete with step-by-step photos, helpful annotations, and all of Matthew's tried-and-tested tips: Start at the very beginning with a short section covering key equipment, advice on mixing colours and some recipes for the basic colour mixes you will need throughout. Dive straight into 12 inspiring practical exercises that each build on a new skill. Start with a simple tree silhouette and build up gradually to a verdant forest. There are short, easy-to-follow steps for every lesson, with clear step-by-step photos and simple annotations. Within each "lesson" or exercise, Matthew reveals his tried-and-tested tips and tricks for achieving a painting you'll be proud of, which artists of all abilities will find invaluable. To put everything you’ve learned into practice, the book finishes with an inspiring final project for you to paint, to pull together everything you've learned and to flex your new abilities. This exciting new series demystifies landscape painting in small, digestible chunks, making this the ideal handbook for any budding painter.