The Essence of Watercolour Book (Hardback) with Hazel Soan Hazel Soan is one of the foremost exponents of loose watercolour working today and it's the quality of light that suffuses her work, as much as anything else that has contributed to her immense popularity. She's every inch a painter's painter. In this, her latest book, she looks at a wide and varied range of techniques from when to choose transparent or opaque colours, using a limited palette, layering, wet-in-wet and using brushwork to shape your subject and lay washes. The thing is, though, that at no point does this feel like a technical manual. There are no step-by-step demonstrations and, as ever, Hazel teaches by example: "explore this, try that, here's what I mean", so that the result is a constant stream of inspiring paintings that can't help but get you hurrying off to pick up your brushes. You'll think you're looking at a book of wonderful pictures, but you're learning every time you turn the page. Batsford . Hardback . 128 pages . Colour throughout We offer value for money and accept any returned item for any reason. We aim to ship every order received before 02:00 NZT on the same day and most orders will be with you inside of 8 days, although some may take up to 14 working days. We do offer shipping refunds on multiple purchases, our standard rate being 30% off of the cost of posting the lightest item(s). Just email us with your order number. Thank you.