Making a start. Pastel types -- A basic palette -- Paper color -- Paper texture -- Choosing paper size -- Looking after your work -- Color. Color mixing -- Identifying colors -- Light colors -- Avoiding muddy color -- Color and tone -- Color unity -- Landscape greens -- Skin tones -- Extending your palette -- Shadow colors -- Creating highlights -- Composing the picture. On-the-spot landscape -- Choosing a viewpoint -- Surfaces and edges -- Editing out detail -- Placing the subject -- Abstracting from nature -- Dynamic composition -- Capturing movement -- Controlling a subject -- Foregrounds in landscape -- Creating space -- Working from photographs -- Composing a still life -- Backgrounds in still life -- Composing a portrait.
Cont.): Problem areas. Trees and foliage -- Winter trees -- Cast shadows -- Sky and clouds -- Still water -- Moving water -- Snow scenes -- Painting buildings -- Painting people -- Painting flowers -- Surface shine and reflections.
