This is the latest title in Search Press’ Ready To Paint series. If you are a tyro painter who finds drawing difficult yet wants to get some practice with the painting part, then this is for you. Now you can get to grips with both by tracing and by learning how to construct the painting. You will also be able to see how simple drawing can be if you are only using it as a framework for painting, rather than as a finished work in its own right.

These books are not about tracing and filling in outlines but getting to understand how a picture grows through a series of stages. There are a good number of these, all shown with short captions and in full color, each adding a small detail and explaining what is happening.

Each project also comes with a useful list of which brushes and colors to buy, the size of the finished piece and lots of tips germane to the subject. There are six pictures depicting various views that sum up the beauty and uniqueness of Ireland. These range from mountains, to cliffs and a bay, to a fine Georgian doorway in Dublin. When you work on each painting you will learn different skills each time in order to depict a variety of surfaces from painted wood to rocks, Ireland’s wonderful "forty shades of green," and the sea. This series is highly recommended for anybody starting out in watercolors who needs to see what their work looks like before getting further into this absorbing hobby.