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.