The Watercolour Companion by Matthew Palmer

Painting basics:
Getting started 6
Preparing paint 8
What are key mixes? 10
Water and flow 12
Test your strength 14
Brushes and brushmarks 16
What paper? 18
Selecting colours 20
Adding more paints 22
Planning successful pictures:
Using the picture finder 24
Finding time to paint 26
What to paint 28
Skies and light, Clear sky 30
Fresh cloudy sky 32
Evening sky 34
Key mixes for shadows 36
Sunset 38
Silhouettes 40
Moonlit sky 42
Stormy sky 44
Rainfall 46
Flowers:
Masses of flowers 48
Daisies 50
Foxgloves 52
Poppies 54
Carpet of bluebells 56
Trees and woodlands:
Trees in your paintings 58
Midground trees 60
Mixes for spring foliage 62
Cherry blossom 64
Distant woodland 66
Key mixes for summer foliage 68
Palm tree 70
Trees in rows 72
Key mixes for autumn foliage 74
Branches 76
Woodland 78
Building and mountains:
Buildings in the landscape 80
Stonework 82
Doorways 84
Architectural accuracy 86
Rocks and cliffs 88
Mountains 90
Snow-capped peaks 92
Water and the sea:
Key mixes for the sea 94
Waves and sea spray 96
The beach 98
Reflections 100
Boats 102
People and wildlife:
Key mixes for skintones 104
Figures in your pictures 106
Adding a sense of life 108
Stag in wood 110
Small animals 112
Animals in the landscape 114
Kingfisher 116
Watercolour secrets and special effects:
Falling snow 118
Fixing cauliflowers 120
Splashes and splatters 122
Leaf stencils 124
Beams of light 126
Glossary 128