COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES -- SELECTING PENCILS -- CHOOSING BRUSHES AND OTHER TOOLS -- FINDING PAINTS -- GATHERING EXTRAS -- SELECTING PAPER -- STRETCHING WATERCOLOR PAPER -- UNDERSTANDING COLOR -- SUGGESTING EDGES AND INCORPORATING SPILLS -- LAYING A FLAT WASH -- LAYING A GRADED WASH -- GLAZING -- LAYERING GLAZES -- BLENDING -- USING SALT -- MORE WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES -- POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE -- LIFTING OUT -- USING OPAQUE WHITES -- DRAWING ON INSPIRATION -- THE IMPORTANCE OF SKETCHING -- CONTRAST -- COMPOSITION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THUMBNAILING -- CHAPTER 2: THE FOUNDATIONS - STONE -- MOUNTAINS -- REMIANS OF GREATNESS -- CASTLES -- BASIC TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE -- CHAPTER 3: THE MYSTERIES-ARBOREAL -- TYPES OF TREES -- TEXTURES OF THE FOREST -- LIGHT AND LEVELS OF DETAIL -- ILLUMINATION -- PORTALS -- INHABITING THE WOODS -- CHAPTER 4: THE DREAM-SKIES -- CLOUDS -- STREAK HIGH ABOVE -- STARRY SKIES -- INHABITING THE SKIES -- ETHEREAL CLOUDS -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.