Starting to paint. Materials -- Painting techniques -- Starting to paint -- Elements of a painting -- Two-colour landscape -- Full-colour landscape -- Waterfall -- Seascape -- Buildings and figures -- Snowscene -- From sketch to painting. Materials -- Getting started -- How to sketch -- French window -- Using sketchbooks -- Farmyard -- Sketching skills -- Quiet harbour -- Using photographs -- Themes -- Perspective, depth & distance. Materials -- Drawing and sketching -- Using colour -- Linear perspective -- Aerial perspective -- Skies -- Holmfirth -- Snowscene -- Glencoe -- Boats at Bosham Quay -- Cromford canal -- Farm buildings -- Mood & Atmosphere. Materials -- Colour mixing -- Capturing the mood -- Techniques -- Breaking waves -- Stormy skies -- Weathered timbers -- Frosty morning -- Harbour lights.