How do you paint an orange where it looks good enough to eat? Or paint the highlights on a silver urn? The author takes twenty such problems and explains, in fully illustrated step-by-step demonstrations, exactly how to paint them. Here are some of the things the reader will learn to paint: the glitter of diamonds and the opaque glow of pearls; a worn leather saddle; the weathered wood of an old bucket; a glass mug filled with frothing beer; the texture of freshly sliced bread; a crisp head of lettuce; the aged leather and yellowed pages of an heirloom Bible and more.