Packed with tips for buying and using materials, mixing colors, creating texture, and correcting mistakes—as well as advice on painting skies, fields, trees, water, roofs, winter scenes, and much more—this generous collection demystifies the painting process, revealing its secrets and offering explanations on how to produce perfect pictures every time. With 140 tips ranging from defining techniques to selecting a subject, the methods here are quick and clever and allow enough flexibility for each artist to adapt the advice to their own style.