The in-depth guide to materials explains how to choose the right materials for your purpose from the many different ranges available today and how to get the best results. The author's own research and experiments shed new light on how the watercolour masters, from Durer and Turner to Cezanne and Sargent, actually worked. The step-by-step demonstrations encompass many varied styles and technical approaches and show, with the aid of photographs for each stage and detailed explanations, exactly how to re-create the methods of the watercolour masters.