A unique course for complete beginners, which teaches watercolour in a clear, practical way. Specially designed with a simple palette of just six colours (two reds, two yellows, two blues and a black) so the absolute beginner will experience maximum success with minimum frustration. The book is organized lesson by lesson, the purpose of each being to teach one or two watercolour skills in each exercise. Each exercise contains explanatory text with simple step-by-step instructions with accompanying illustrations. With over 250 images, the book covers: - Getting Started: palette, colour wheel, mixing colour, value scale, hue scale, and complementaries - Getting the Feel for Watercolour: monochromatic; analogous, complementary, triadic - Controlling Watercolour: washes (various), dry-into wet, layering - Into the Blue - Skies: summer, cumulous, mackerel skies and stormy skies - Green is Beautiful: mixing greens - The Illusion of Space: sky, distant, middle distant and foreground hills, sea, rocks, sand, and boats - Fruits and vegetation: leaves, trees, vegetables, nuts and berries - Painting Flowers