I thought this title had two things going for it. Firstly, it's extremely comprehensive and secondly, as it was published in 1995 it can be bought for next to nothing (the postage could be more than the book). Don't let the fact that it's some years old put you off, virtually everything on these pages hasn't really dated.
The seven sections: Supports; Drawing media; Painting media; Colour and compositions; Subjects and themes; The studio; Reference. The longest section is Painting (ninety-one pages) broken down to oils, watercolour, gouache, tempera and acrylics. Each gets text with lots of technique photographs and long captions.
I liked all the supporting information about different papers, brushes, pencils and other drawing products, the sort of thing that's useful to know before you even start. The Subjects includes how to handle weather, sky, water, trees, urban landscapes, interiors, figures, portraits and more.
Worth saying also is that the book is beautifully designed and includes over seven hundred photos and illustrations, many of these are actual paintings (some by well-known artists) used to back-up the text.
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