Book excerpt: "Ideal for novice as well as experienced watercolor painters, this guide offers expert instructions for watercolor painters particularly interested in creating detailed landscapes. In addition to presenting invaluable tips on mixing colors, the importance of shadows, and the interpretation of photographs, this handy manual provides hints on how to paint elements familiar to landscapes - buildings, boats, hills and mountains, snow scenes, trees, and water. Tips are clearly presented and demonstrated through the more than 140 instructive illustrations and step-by-step photographs."--Publisher's description.