Aimed at those with some experience of painting in watercolour but helpful for beginners too, the book provides a comprehensive masterclass in the art of landscape painting. Readers will be taken on a journey, developing a rich understanding of the landscape as an inspirational subject, through the steps required to capture it in watercolour, to designing paintings and adopting strategies and structures that will deliver consistent results. The book concludes with advice and guidance on how to progress from painting as a hobby to earning a living as a full-time artist, navigating a way through the challenges of the digital era and social media.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• Landscape – ‘Taking Part in the Existence of Things’
• FIELD TRIP – Finding Inspiration
• A Walk to Firle Beacon
• SECTION 1 WHY WATERCOLOUR?
• Attributes
• Equipment
• FIELD TRIP – The Importance of Sketching
• The River Thames at Richmond
• SECTION 2 ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE
• Be Outdoors
• Be Obsessed
• FIELD TRIP – Connecting With the Landscape
• Evening Light at Kimmeridge Bay
• Be Observant
• FIELD TRIP – Painting Vistas
• Views of Abbotsbury
• SECTION 3 UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES
• Colour
• FIELD TRIP – Light and Colour
• Luminous Landscapes at Loch Lomond
• Contrast
• Composition
• FIELD TRIP – Composition
• Composition Confusion at Dancing Ledge
• SECTION 4 ESTABLISHING A STRUCTURE
• Landscape Painting Checklist
• A Warm Evening, Bosham – Step-by-step
• The Old Flint Barn, Near Firle – Step-by-step
• SECTION 5 MAXIMISING YOUR POTENTIAL
• Testing the Market
• Chapter 27 Vietnam and the French, 1947–1948
• Pricing Your Work
• Establish an Identity
• Working with Galleries
• Working with Social Media
• Expanding Your Business
• Some General Business Advice
• A GALLERY OF PAINTINGS AND SKETCHES
• APPENDIX
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS