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    Lessons in Landscapes: Painting Trees in Watercolour

    Tips, techniques and step-by-step exercises

    Part of Lessons in Landscapes

    Author Matthew Palmer
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    $17.95 US
    Search Press
    7-1/2"W x 9-1/4"H | 13 oz | 24 per carton
    On sale Nov 10, 2026 | 96 Pages | 9781800922730
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    Learn watercolur the easy way, in this fresh, visual and brand-new series from trusted teacher and best-selling author, Matthew Palmer.

    Focusing on trees, leaves and foliage, work your way through 12 skill-building paintings and one inspiring final project to create your own remarkable results.

    The perfect watercolor guide for beginners, this book is packed with short, easy-to-follow exercises, complete with step-by-step photos, helpful annotations, and all of Matthew's tried-and-tested tips:

    • Start at the very beginning with a short section covering key equipment, advice on mixing colors and some recipes for the basic color mixes you will need throughout.
    • Dive straight into 12 inspiring practical exercises that each build on a new skill. Start with a simple tree silhouette and build up gradually to a verdant forest.
    • There are short, easy-to-follow steps for every lesson, with clear step-by-step photos and simple annotations.
    • Within each "lesson" or exercise, Matthew reveals his tried-and-tested tips and tricks for achieving a painting you'll be proud of, which artists of all abilities will find invaluable.
    • To put everything you’ve learned into practice, the book finishes with an inspiring final project for you to paint, to pull together everything you've learned and to flex your new abilities.

    This exciting new series demystifies landscape painting in small, digestible chunks, making this the ideal handbook for any budding painter.
    © Search Press
    Matthew Palmer is a renowned demonstrator of watercolor painting, and his classes are particularly popular with beginners. He has been painting seriously for over twenty years and specializes in landscapes, still life and animals. He has his own studio at his home in Derbyshire, UK and teaches hundreds of people each week, as well as running watercolour workshops and holidays. He has many personal exhibitions, participates in several art shows and appears regularly on television as well as on his own internet-based art show at www.watercolour.tv View titles by Matthew Palmer

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    Learn watercolur the easy way, in this fresh, visual and brand-new series from trusted teacher and best-selling author, Matthew Palmer.

    Focusing on trees, leaves and foliage, work your way through 12 skill-building paintings and one inspiring final project to create your own remarkable results.

    The perfect watercolor guide for beginners, this book is packed with short, easy-to-follow exercises, complete with step-by-step photos, helpful annotations, and all of Matthew's tried-and-tested tips:

    • Start at the very beginning with a short section covering key equipment, advice on mixing colors and some recipes for the basic color mixes you will need throughout.
    • Dive straight into 12 inspiring practical exercises that each build on a new skill. Start with a simple tree silhouette and build up gradually to a verdant forest.
    • There are short, easy-to-follow steps for every lesson, with clear step-by-step photos and simple annotations.
    • Within each "lesson" or exercise, Matthew reveals his tried-and-tested tips and tricks for achieving a painting you'll be proud of, which artists of all abilities will find invaluable.
    • To put everything you’ve learned into practice, the book finishes with an inspiring final project for you to paint, to pull together everything you've learned and to flex your new abilities.

    This exciting new series demystifies landscape painting in small, digestible chunks, making this the ideal handbook for any budding painter.

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    © Search Press
    Matthew Palmer is a renowned demonstrator of watercolor painting, and his classes are particularly popular with beginners. He has been painting seriously for over twenty years and specializes in landscapes, still life and animals. He has his own studio at his home in Derbyshire, UK and teaches hundreds of people each week, as well as running watercolour workshops and holidays. He has many personal exhibitions, participates in several art shows and appears regularly on television as well as on his own internet-based art show at www.watercolour.tv View titles by Matthew Palmer

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