This book provides 72 stimulating, self-contained lessons in painting a wideariety of natural subjects from beautiful photographs by one of the world'seading photographers. An introductory section reviews materials, colourandling, and basic concepts; the 72 lessons cover the entire range of pastelainting techniques for creating stunning images of the natural world. Eachesson presents a different painting problem to tackle; both the photographf the scene and the artist's interpretation are shown, supplemented bylose-up details and step-by-step sequences that illustrate in depth howesthetic and technical problems are solved.