This hands-on guide explores the wide range of paint and special-effects products available today and offers a step-by-step guide to choosing, mixing, and using them for a variety of home decorating purposes. Here is pratical advice on everything from preparing surfaces to choosing colors and equipment, from understanding paint properties to mastering painting techniques.

A comprehensive guide to the art of pastry making with all the essential information to make perfect pastry every time. It includes recipes for every type of pastry from shotcrust and choux to puff and strudel, plus practical advice on preparing savoury and sweet fillings, and recipes for great glazes and sauces.

This book shows how easy it is to produce beautiful paintings. Using simple techniques to build up a picture from start to finish, this comprehensive guide to watercolours presents advice on choosing materials and getting started, invaluable instructions for laying washes and panting skies, landscapes and building, key techniques for dealing with shadows and light, mood and atmosphere and five lovely paintings from the programmes to try out.