Introduction 6
What You Need to Know 8
CHAPTER 1
SETTING UP: GETTING TO KNOW
YOUR MATERIALS 10
Paints and Palettes | Brushes and Paper | A Few
More Tools | Getting Comfortable |
Demonstration: Capileira, Spain
CHAPTER 2
THE SECRET WORLD OF PAINTS:
UNLOCKING THEIR MYSTERIES 22
Color Chemistry 101 | The Dark Side | Luminosity
| Demonstration: Fontaine des Medicis, Paris
CHAPTER 3
LAYING IT DOWN: EXPLORING
BASIC TECHNIQUES 36
The Milky Way | Washes | Painting Wet-in-Wet |
Wet-in-Wet Process | A Few More Techniques |
Demonstration: The Seine at Sunset, Paris
CHAPTER 4
THE ARCHITECTURE OF WATERCOLOR 52
Perspective | Circles and Squares | Atmospheric
Perspective | Light, Shade and Shadow |
Demonstration: Alcatraz Island Landing
CHAPTER 5
THE VALUE OF LIGHT 66
Value Versus Color | Values | The Value of Color |
Demonstration: Prayer Wheel, Bhutan
CHAPTER 6
VALUES AT WORK 78
Studying Value | The Value of Hierarchy:
Foreground, Midground and Background | Shapes
and Values | Value Composition: The Arrangement
of Shapes | The Value of Edges | Focal Point: The
Spot of Greatest Contrast | Light and Shadow |
Demonstration: Palacio Real de la Granja, Spain
CHAPTER 7
COLOR IN THE ARCHITECTURAL
LANDSCAPE 100
Complementary Colors | Luscious Greens |
Shades of White | Shades of Gray | Demonstration:
Venetian Canal
CHAPTER 8
THE ALLURE OF COLOR 116
Color and Mood | Chroma and Color | Warms and
Cools | Color and Composition | Knowing Your
Colors | Demonstration: Blue Mosque, Istanbul
CHAPTER 9
BUILDING LIGHT 134
Light, Color and Architecture | Finding Your Way
in Watercolor

Conclusion 140
About the Author 141
Index 142