News: Vibrant Watercolours has been shortlisted for the Artists' Choice Award for Practical Art Instruction Book of the Year:
If you would like to vote for Vibrant Watercolours, you can do so here: www.acaward.com

Key features of the book include:

- Explore further exercises
- Studio tips
- Practical projects
- Step by step demonstrations
- Paintings by other professional artists

Published by Collins, an imprint of
Harper Collins publishers
http://www.collins.co.uk/

To order, telephone:
0870 787 1724
Quote ISBN No: 0-00-722523-7
Hardback price: £17.99

Further information about Shirley Trevena can be found at http://www.shirleytrevena.com/



Guest artists who have supplied illustrations of their work for this book:

Ray Balkwill
Trevor Chamberlain
Michael Chaplin
George Devlin
Christa Gaa
Leslie Goodwin
Peter Graham
Moira Huntly
Albert Jackson
Ronald Jesty
Alex McKibbin
Terry McKivragan
Nick Orsborn
John Raynes
Ilana Richardson



Poems reproduced in this book by:

Janet Dubé
Mary Michaels



Take a tour of the book
* if you need help, see "technical information" below

1. Introduction
2. Obsessed with Colour
3. Starting Points - What Makes a Painting Colourful? - Making the Most of a Single Colour
4. Painting with Neutrals
5. Mixing Colours - Favourite Colours
6. Maximum Impact
7. Heart Stoppers
8. Subjective Colours
9. Taking it further
10. Index (visual details and credits)



Flash animation and music by Jamie Crofts
http://www.soundkiosk.com/ and
http://www.thisisj.me.uk/

Fonts are English and Alan Hand by Keith Bates:
http://www.k-type.com/

Further information about Shirley Trevena can be found at http://www.shirleytrevena.com/



Technical Information:
To create a high quality presentation, the file sizes are quite high. This means that you will need a broadband connection to view the films

Sound is a significant part of the films. We recommend that you connect to a set of external speakers.
The best way of doing this is to get a "mini jack to stereo phono" cable from a high street electronics store and connect your computer to your hi-fi amp.
If you'd like help then email Jamie on
mailto:jamie@soundkiosk.com

Problems viewing the films?
If you can't see the films, you may need Flash. You can download it with a single click from here