Table of contents: Introduction Materials and equipment pencil (graphite) and charcoal erasers and masks colored pencils and watercolor pencils watercolors brushes pen and ink paper and other supports Basic techniques line and tone: the building blocks of drawing colour: hues and tints, color blending, complementary colors and more composition: arranging objects and planning a picture understanding perspective and spatial relationships Project 1: Art materials: simple drawing of art supplies, using line and wash Focus on Laying a Ground: Learn how to lay a ground on paper, using graphite or charcoal, in preparation for a tonal drawing Project 2: Kitchen items: tonal drawing in charcoal (or graphite) Project 3: Seashells and pebbles: line and tone, using graphite Focus on Negative Space: Draw shapes more accurately by concentrating on the spaces between objects Project 4: Table-top arrangement of white objects in pencil Project 5: Toys on a shelf, using watercolor and water-soluble colored pencils Project 6: An arrangement of personal objects such as a watch and keys, in colored pencil Project 7: Tea and cakes using mixed media Project 8: Garden items, including a watering can, in watercolor Project 9: Table-top arrangement of fruit and flower heads in colored pencil or watercolor Project 10: Fresh fish (mackerel, herrings or bass) in watercolor Glossary Acknowledgements Index.