This is a thin volume, but it has plenty to say for itself. Find out the different effects you can get with them both wet and dry and what they look like through simple exercises (surely the best way to learn anything). There are water-soluble pastels in the market too and they get put through their paces in the same way, as do other aquarelle media. There are exercises on mixed media work, and paintings to work through in stages of still life, landscapes, people and animals, which covers most likely topics. This is such a user-friendly book that I just had to get my pencils out and have a go, and that is surely what a good practical book ought to make the purchaser do. There isn't anything else, but by then the beginner (and more experienced user too) ought to be ready for a little experimenting on their own.

If you are thinking of buying some aquarelle media for yourself or as a gift then this book should accompany the purchase; highly recommended.

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