Charles Evans helps you rescue your watercolour paintings from common problems and mistakes.

Lift your watercolour paintings from mess to masterpiece! Over his years as an artist and demonstrator, Charles Evans has picked up a wealth of watercolour tips, tricks and techniques. In this compact little handbook for artists of all abilities, he explores over 70 common mistakes and provides remedies and rescues for each, based on his vast experience and knowledge. Learn how to make successful colour mixes, how to save a streaky sky wash, how to rebalance your compositions and much more in this first-aid guide to watercolour painting.

Let a professional artist help you rescue your watercolour paintings in this Q&A-style guidebook that matches common problems and mistakes with proven solutions! Watercolour painting is difficult to master, and even experienced artists are prone to making mistakes. As a longtime professional artist and teacher, Charles Evans has a huge bank of expert tips, tricks, and techniques for fixing and avoiding common problems in your watercolour paintings. These include: How to remove “cauliflowers” Where to place your water container to avoid spillages What to do if one colour is bleeding into another How to make distant hills look,well... distant! Why you keep mixing muddy colour And more! Each problem begins with a question asked by one of Charles’ students, such as, “How do I stop my trees looking like lollipops?” Charles then provides an easy solution–plus a short demonstration of how to prevent the problem moving forward – making this the perfect resource for those new to, or experienced in, watercolour painting!