Watercolour - Alwyn Crawshaw

Relaunched in paperback, this bestselling book is the essential guide to the basics of watercolour for the absolute beginner.

Full of easy-to-follow exercises and step-by-step demonstrations, 'You Can Paint Watercolours' will give even the most hesitant of beginners the enthusiasm and confidence to start painting in watercolour.

Acclaimed TV painter Alwyn Crawshaw takes the reader by the hand and starts by explaining basic watercolour techniques and how to mix colours. Then, with easy step-by-step exercises, he demonstrates how to paint the separate elements of a picture one by one, so that by the end of the book you can paint a watercolour to be proud of.

Covering a broad range of subjects, from flowers and animals to people and buildings, this is the ideal book to teach the absolute beginner to paint in the most popular medium.