Outdoors in Watercolour (Learn to Paint)

This best-selling title will be relaunched in June 05 with a fresh new cover design. Many leisure painters prefer to paint outdoors, finding it both challenging and inspirational. In this book well-known and respected TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw provides an essential introduction to this exciting subject.

There is something particularly appealing about painting outdoors, surrounded by a never-ending range of subjects, all of which can vary from one moment to the next according to the weather and the time of day. Here Alwyn Crawshaw provides plenty of practical advice about painting on location and explains all the basic techniques you will need to know.

The book includes many practical exercises and step-by-step demonstration paintings of a variety of different subjects, including landscapes, buildings, animals, people, water and boats. There are also useful sections on drawing with a brush, composing a picture, using pen and wash, simplifying nature and recording your holiday.

Sales and Marketing highlights

• Relaunched in June 05 with a fresh new cover design.

• The Collins Learn to Paint series is the market leader for beginners – over 4 million copies sold worldwide.

• Painting outdoors has particular appeal for many leisure painters, providing a very varied range of subjects, and watercolour is the best-selling medium.

• Alwyn Crawshaw has a large and loyal following among leisure painters, due to his television success.