I can confirm, we have a lot! Of clouds🌧️

I recently bought the book from Gorden MacKenzie. Wonderful! Wish I bought it sooner😊

P.S. I was going to mention several more books, but then I realized that they were either too old or out of print and therefore difficult to come by. That being said, I may decide to share those as well if the weather continues to be topsy-turvy this week.

This is so helpful. Thank you. Went on Amazon to order them used.

For me, Edgar Whitney's "Complete Guide to Watercolor Painting" is the gold standard, from one of the masters. Also, from one of his disciples Ron Ranson "Learn Watercolor the Edgar Whitney Way." My father of blessed memory dragged me along to Whitney's weekend demonstrations and classes almost 50 years ago, when Whitney was well into his 80s, and it was amazing to watch him "perform." Oh if only I had a video camera back then. Cheers.

Hi, Laura! From one artist who loves real books in her hands and cherishes them to another, thankyou for this video! Also, for the shout-out to British artists! We do have sunshine in the UK, too, and blue skies with wonderful cloud formations shining in the reflected sun, forming beautiful colours, shapes and shadows - a superb challenge to painting a realistic, living sky which has movement and life.... We were beginners at the same time, btw! For me, doing workshops with people like Ray Campbell Smith, Alwyn Crawshaw, Terry Harrison, Ashleigh Jackson, Hazel Soan and others was worth zillions of art tube videos! They all cut their teeth on teaching face to face, and their books reflect that. Yes, I absolutely agree that to teach well, especially online or in books, we need to have taught face to face, with RealLife face to face questions and feedback, to understand the problems and recognise the deep joy which wells up when a student suddenly grasps what we mean and it comes out in their execution of an exercise, sketch, painting. Oops - getting lost in my enthusiasm and love of the topic again! You said to Sunila, _"I'm hanging in there; I just don't bounce back like I used to after a mild illness._" _"Mild illness"_ Is this a Laura understatement of how ill she really was? Yes, it is!!! And no, it isn't a surprise that you're taking a while to get back to normal! Nothing to do with your age, but much more to do with a series of nasty illness this winter! 🤗 We, too, had about 2 - 3 weeks of ridiculously hot weather in March, and it's been followed by a very nasty, vicious north / north-westerly wind which bites all the way through to the core! Without it, the sun would have been gloriously hot (maybe even too hot, especially for April!) Instead, we're back in winter clothes! The farmers, wine-growers and agriculturalists in general, having had to deal with incredibly damaging storms, bringing high winds, floods and heavy rain this winter, are watching in horror as temperatures suddenly dropping close to freezing hit the young spring growth and blossom. (Guess who spent over half of her life in farming / fruit and veg country and now, vine growing,... ) I, and many others(!!!) are wondering just what this summer will throw at us after the previous two years of intense heat, severe drought and wildfires in Southern Europe. It's why I'm doing my best to 'get out there and sketch / paint as much as possible, even if it's only two minutes down the road, to work from the car. After being stuck indoors with health issues for over six months, I'm making the most of when ever it's possible, weather-wise! I hope you're going to have a really wonderful and inspiring, and health-repairing plein air this year! 🤗

Thank you very much. It's so hard to pick when you cannot look inside. You helped me decide on two of your three favorites.

Very interesting. I'm a big fan of books,something tactile and analogue to hold in your hand,that you can reference at any time. Great to see some of your books,its really fun to go through them on video I find,as they are packed with so much interest. Where i live it is Charity Shop heaven,which are full of old and new books at knockdown prices,and its amazing what treasures you can find. My favourite are the older ones,as for me they provide a window into the past,and what people were thinking and doing,and also how language was often used differently. Great to see some of your Art books collection.

Thanks for sharing, that was great!

i have ordered all three. thank you

I'll have to grab that last book. The author really put a lot into it. Hope you're in full health soon.

Great recommendations, thanks. Would love to see you do more vids like this.

skye mathews thank you- thank you

Ah, you also had a flurry of snow after the summer-like temperatures? It really did a number on my health this year. Hope you're doing OK. Also, Skeeter is so cute !

this 81 year old trying to watercolor. i ordered the WATERCOLORIST BESSENTIAL NOTEBOOK and need to tell you funny. i got it today it was put in backwards . you have to open the back cover to see first page. wow