An illustrated book for intermediate and advanced artists describing the painterly approach to art, a technique which is described as an attitude rather than a style. It is the method of painting in either oil, pastel or monotype in which the artist deals with the painting as a whole while working , so that it gradually develops to a finish, evenly, everywhere on the canvas or paper. The author describes how she evolved as an artist and then shows how she develops a painting from the initial idea to the finished work.