A companion to Paint with the Impressionists, this text enables the amateur artist to explore the popular painting medium watercolours. The result of the author's experimentation is colour step-by-step photographs which encompass varied styles and techniques as well as diverse subject matter. By reconstructing in practice the methods of the great watercolourists over more than 500 years, Stephenson reveals new ideas on how artists as diverse as Durer, Cezanne and Sargent worked. The author gives detailed advice on how today's artists can make best use of the insights of the masters, while adapting them to the different pigment ranges and other materials now available.