Dorothy Dent is a long time favourite of decorative painters who has taken the art of scenic landscape painting to a new level. Here, she teaches readers how to paint such favourite rural landscape subjects as old barns and farmhouses, woodland scenes and country pastures, rivers and brooks, snow-covered winter scenes and covered bridges. The heart of the book is step-by-step photos of Dorothy in action as she paints ten projects on a variety of surfaces, such as mailboxes, trays and plaques. What sets Dorothy's work about all others is her exquisite use of light. Each project features instruction on how to paint the different light effects required to give each landscape a realistic look. Each project features complete patterns and drawings, colour swatch charts, materials lists, and a full-page photograph of the finished piece.