Can a typical garden provide inspiration for oil painting? Look hard and such a haven may yield more than one may first expect. Within this large edition guidebook, you will find 18 oil painting demonstrations featuring typical subject matter found within the garden. This book is divided into sections according to theme: shadows, nonorganic, harvest and flora. Each demonstration is similarly keyed according to difficulty. A guide to the art materials required for the demonstrations and a preparatory section can be found near the back of this book. Various oil painting techniques are explored, including scumbling, glazing, impasto and palette knife application. If the painting does not work out, a troubleshooting section can be referred to along with a glossary. Each project within the demonstration section of this book is clearly set out. You will find: An image of the finished painting An accompanying challenge. Between 7 and 9 step by step images of how the painting was completed. A list of the oil painting materials used for the project. Corresponding instructions to each image-in-progress on how the painting was done. Tips along the way. The aim of this book is to encourage a new way of viewing the garden. With mobile objects, the shifting light and seasons, compositions in one's back yard are waiting to be discovered. My other oil painting demonstration book, 'Landscape Paintings in Oil - 20 Step by Step Guides' provides further step by step guides if the artist wishes to venture further afield. This book's statistics: 20,600 words and 20 step by step demonstrations (each demonstration comprises on average 8 images) with 190 images in total throughout the book. Book's dimensions: 10x8in and 78 pages. Available also as a pocket sized edition and on kindle. The author has a bachelor's degree from Kingston University, London and a PCET teaching qualification.