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Included as a bonus are three feature spreads that focus on areas of particular interest for beginners, including painting special effects, trees, and skies. Clear instructions and helpful tips provided throughout are perfect for beginners, but even intermediate painters will find the techniques and projects worthwhile.   Watercolour painting is an absorbing, meditative art-from but many people simply don’t know where to begin. An encouraging voice and a clear, easy-to-follow approach are often all that’s needed to give people the confidence to get started and keep going. That’s exactly what this book provides. Paul Clark, an enthusiastic and accomplished painter who runs his own art school, explains the fundamentals in a friendly and accessible way. He shows readers what they really need in terms of tools and materials – starting with a limited colour palette that can be mixed to create colours as required.   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Along the way we will examine the band’s rise to success in their first incarnation, their split in 1996, their reforming in 2007, and the two further line-ups that have carried them through to today. 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