A practical, stimulating, & superbly illustrated book for the intermediate watercolourist who is looking for greater challenges in their work. Shirley Trevena's watercolours are visually inspiring, vibrant with colour & strong in composition. This book shows what stunning results she achieves & how she does it by taking risks with watercolour. Taking you thorugh her paintings from the first concept to the finished watercolour. Shirley explains & illustrates her techniques for producing exciting, luminous & colourful watercolours. Although watercolour is a difficult medium to handle, Shirley maintains that you get the best results if you have no sense a fear & just let yourself enjoy watercolour's fascinating versaltility. In Taking Risks with Watercolour Shirley teaches her own prize-winning techniques & encourages the reader to experiment with colour, composition & tone to produce exciting still life, landscape & flower paintings. Contents include: - What shall I paint? - Composing a pictre - Large scale & small scale - Getting started & marking marks - Developing the painting - Taking risks with colour - Experiments with tone - Bold textures & patterns - Getting it wrong - Moving on Book: Harper Collins. Hardbook. 128 pages. Colour throughout Medium: 1 Subject: 12 Author: Shirley Trevena ISBN: 000713326X