Learn to paint a variety of mountain scenes with Matthew Palmer using just three colours and three brushes.

Welcome to the wonderful world of watercolour

Matthew Palmer shows you how to paint stunning mountains and hills using just 3 colours, 3 brushes, a plastic palette and watercolour paper.

Build your skills through 9 easy exercises, starting from a simple mountain and sky and working up to an atmospheric scene of frosty peaks at night. Clear advice and step-by-step photographs show you exactly what to do, including how to apply simple special effects to illustrate light, reflection and tree foliage.

Discover the joy of watercolour painting without the expense of
a lot of equipment.
• Achieve amazing results in just a few simple steps.
• Build up your skills and confidence as you paint.
• Ideal for anyone new to watercolour painting.

Praise for the Take Three Colours series:
“Every so often a book comes along that’s so simply and so clearly put together that it takes your breath away... This is one of those books.”
Henry Malt, Paint magazine

'There’s no grandstanding or showmanship, just solid, honest instructions and demonstrations that produce solid, worthwhile results.' Artbookreview.net

Paint convincing watercolour mountain scenes using just 3 colours, 3 brushes, a palette and a pad of paper.

From only 3 affordable watercolour paints in red, blue and yellow you can mix a huge range of colours and paint beautiful landscapes you’ll be proud to hang on your wall. Starting from the simplest of mountain scenes, Matthew builds your skills as you progress through the 9 easy projects in the book, and by the end you’ll be amazed at what you have achieved.

Clear instructions and step-by-step photographs show you how to add detail, shadow and distance to a scene, and there are numerous handy tips and helpful ‘jargon busters’ to help you learn the basic watercolour techniques. Before you know it, you’ll have acquired all the skills you need to paint your own wonderful mountain scenes in watercolour.

Matthew uses French ultramarine, cadmium yellow and alizarin crimson and sizes 12, 6 and 2 round brushes.