All materials and techniques are illustrated Page numbers in
italics refer to named drawings
Abbey Gardens 100–1
acrylics:
as primer 13
rectifying mistakes with 54
underpainting with 56–7
African basket and gourd 182
anglepoise lamp 18
animals: subjects 176–9
asymmetry 84
At the window: palette 121
Aubury, Elisabeth:
Sweet Chestnut 148
Autumn colors 166
Autumn leaves: palette 126
Avenue: palette 127
Bad Language 54
Baked goods 183
balance 84
Beach with palm tree 164
Beach pebbles: palette 125
The Beck 169
with solvents 30–1
two colors 28
Blue Dish 76–7
Border Collie 151
Borrett, Robin:
Abbey Gardens 100–1
Bad Language 54
Poppy Field:
finished drawing 113
stages of working 110–12
Stone Summerhouse—Belvoir Castle 140
Bowl with Apples 156–7
Brace, Graham:
Evening Flight, Hook Quay 135
Brooks, Susan L.:
Equanimity 136
brushes: testing spring 32
Buffy the Cat 145
buildings:
buildings 116–17
subjects 184–7
themed palettes 116–17
Butterfly 174
Butterfly (Ferreira) 144
Cacti 71
Carousel horses 179
Cat in the Garden 53
Cater, Angela:
The Merry-Go-Round 155
Chapel by the Sea: palette 116
Chapman, Katriona:
Portrait of Caith 161
Childs, Richard:
Buffy the Cat 145
Hope of Sepilok 152
Chinese Dishes 33
Cliff at Newgale 68
Cloisters: palette 117
clouds 168
color(s) 64–77
complementary 70–1
harmonious 70
lightening 74–5
mood and 72–3
overlaying 76–7
primary 66–7
mixing 66–7
warm and cool 68
prismatic 66–7
properties 64–5
secondary 66–7
composition 84–5
Conkers 172
A Corner of Green 72
craft knife 11
Cricket and Wildflowers 60
Curnow, Vera:
Reflections of Venice 141
Spectrum 146
De Kiefte, Kees:
Leopard 153
Death Row 158
Desert 167
drawing board 18
drawings: styles:
loose 88–95
comparing methods 102–9
tight 96-101
comparing methods 110–13
dry pencil: mark-making 24–5
Duis, Laura:
A Corner of Green 72
easel: using 22
East Coast Beach Huts 59
echoes 84
Empty Nest 159
Equanimity 136
erasers 18
electric 98
types 52
erasing techniques 52–3
Eucalyptus 149
Evening Flight, Hook Quay 135
Evening lights 185
Evening on the water 165
Ferreira, Kendra Bidwell:
Butterfly 144
Morning Surf, Monhegan Island 133
Pears 157
Sweet cherries 156
flowers: themed palettes 124
foliage: themed palettes 126–7
Forest Light 139
Formal Garden 29
Formal Gardens at Hidcote 73
choosing 82–3
Fox in Autumn 150
gallery 132–61
landscapes 132–41
nature 142–55
portraits 160–1
seascapes 132–5
still life 156–9
Garden at Chengdu
Museum 74
George, Jeff:
Death Row 158
Empty Nest 159
Perpetual 134
The girls: palette 120
Goat Nudging Jug 71
gouache: rectifying mistakes with 54
Grapes 180
graphite: blotting 97
grid: resizing using 47
grip 22–3
grounds: colored:
effects of 42–3
Hayes, John:
Nina’s Rose 147
High tide: palette 129
highlights: removing 92
Hope of Sepilok 152
Horse race 178
Hudson, Mark:
Mountain Landscape 137
impressing 36–7, 107, 145, 172
Kitten in close-up 176
Lakeside 168
lamp 18
landscapes:
gallery 132–41
subjects 164–9
themed palettes 118–19
viewpoint 80
layering 76–7
Leopard 153
Lighthouse at dusk 186
line work 10
lines:
negative 36
Locati, Dyanne:
The Palm Jungle 142
loose hatching 89
Lovesey, Richard:
Border Collie 151
McDaniel, Richard:
Riparian Winter 136
McGregor, K. Scott:
The Wave 132
mark-making:
dry pencils 24–5
water-soluble pencils 34–5
masking 48–51
materials 10–17
media, mixed 60–1
Melon slices 181
Merriscourt Farm—High
Summer 39
The Merry-Go-Round 155
The Mine: palette 117
mistakes: rectifying 54–5
Misty morning: palette 122
mixed media 60–1
The Monastery:
finished drawing 109
stages of working 102–8
mood: color and 72–3
Moon and Goat 69
Morgan, Angela:
Tulips 143
Morning light in the forest palette 119
Morning Surf, Monhegan Island 133
Morning tea: palette 125
Mountain landscape: palette 118
Mountain Landscape (Hudson) 137
movement: impression of 178, 179
nature:
gallery 142–55
subjects 170–5
negative lines 36
Nina’s Rose 147
The old man: palette 121
Olives 173
Onion domes 187
overhand grip 23
overlaying colors 76–7
palette(s): basic 19
buildings 116–17
flowers 124
foliage 126–7
landscapes 118–19
portraits 120–1
skies 122–3
still life 124–5
themed 116–29
trees 126–7
water 128–9
The Palm Jungle 142
paper:
colored:
effects of 42–3
working on 42–5
coloring 45
painted with acrylic primer 13
stretching 16–17
transfer 46
types 12–13
Parrot 177
Pavilion at Marston 53
Pears 157
Pease, Mike:
Forest Light 139
pencil sharpener 11
pencils:
color ranges 10
grips 22–3
handling 22–3
sets 11
sharpening 11
types 10–11
water-soluble 10
blending 32–3
mark-making with 34–5
rectifying mistakes 54
Perpetual 134
Pink House 83
planning 80–7
The pool: palette 128
Poppy 170
Poppy Fields:
comparing methods 102–13
Poppy Fields (Borrett):
finished drawing 113
stages of working 110–12
Portrait of Caith 161
portraits:
gallery 160–1
themed palettes 120–1
primary colors 66
mixing 66–7
warm and cool 68
primer: underpainting with 56–7
putty, adhesive 97
Rain approaching: palette 123
Reflected buildings 184
Reflections of Venice 141
regular hatching 26
resizing image 47
Riparian Winter 136
River bank in fall: palette 127
scraping out 38
seascapes: gallery 132–5
Seashells 175
Self Portrait 160
open 29
Shallows: palette 129
shiny paper 13
sketch: transferring 46–7
sketching 86–7
tools for 87
skies: themed palettes 122–3
solvents: blending with 30–1
Spectrum 146
speed: impression of 178
square format 83
still life:
gallery 156–9
subjects 180–3
themed palettes 124–5
viewpoint 80
Stone Jar with Vegetables 95
Stone Summerhouse—Belvoir
Castle 140
Street Cleaner 83
stretching paper 16–17
Strother, Jane:
Monastery:
finished drawing 109
stages of working 102–8
Stone Jar with Vegetables 95
subjects 164–87
animals 176–9
buildings 184–7
landscapes 164–9
nature 170–5
still life 180–3
Sunset, Lake Powell: palette 119
Sweet cherries 156
Sweet Chestnut 148
symmetry 84
Table at the Window 61
Taylor, Steve:
Eucalyptus 149
Fox in Autumn 150
techniques 22–61
texture: conveying 93
tonal value 65
relative 64
tools:
for burnishing 41
essential 18–19
for impressing 36
for sketching 87
Towards Reydon 44
Townend, John:
Self Portrait 160
A View Near Biggin Hill 138
tracing 46
transfer paper 46
trees: themed palettes 126-7
Tulips: palette 124
Tulips (Morgan) 143
underhand grip 22
underpainting 56–9
A View Near Biggin Hill 138
viewfinder: using 80–1
viewpoint: choosing 80–1
water:
blurred effect 168
themed palettes 128-9
translucency 169
water-soluble pencils 10
blending 32–3
mark-making with 34–5
rectifying mistakes 54
watercolor paper 13
The Wave 132
White flower with bee 171
Wind: palette 123
Woof, Peter: Bowl with Apples 156–7
working position 23
wrist movement 23
“writing” grip 22