Watercolor the Easy Way: Step-by-Step Tutorials for 50 Beautiful Motifs Including Plants, Flowers, Animals & More

by Sara Berrenson

Better Day Books (Secondary Author)

Step-by-step instructions for 50 beautiful paintings  including plants, flowers, animals, & more! 



Love the look of watercolors but think you lack the skill? Think again! With Watercolor the Easy Way, you will paint beautiful masterpieces following the author's simple instructions. You'll learn to mix colors, apply brush strokes, and paint beautiful pictures in only thirty minutes or less. 



• 50 beautiful pictures to paint in 30 minutes or less.

• No separate pad needed; you can paint right inside the book! 

• Learn-at-a-glance instructions help you get started quickly. 

• 50 patterns included! 

• Brush recommendations, color mixing instructions, paint palettes, and all the basics included! 



Each of the 50 tutorials is broken down into key steps so you can clearly see how to begin your painting, layer color, and add detail. Also included are hand-drawn patterns that can be traced onto your watercolor pad, brush recommendations, helpful hints, and color palettes. Best of all, the projects can be completed in 30 minutes!



Experience the magic of watercolor, spark your creativity, and discover your inner artist with this beautiful book.

• ISBN10: 0764359827
• ISBN13: 9780764359828
• Publish Date: 14 January 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 128
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Watercolor the Easy Way is a tutorial and technique guide by Sara Berrenson. Due out 14th Jan 2020 from Schiffer on their Better Day imprint, it's 128 pages and will be available in paperback format.

The format is easy to follow and the tutorial projects are very attractive and useful. The introduction and technique tutorials (~20% of the content) cover tools, materials, and techniques such as wet on wet and wet on dry painting. The intro chapters are followed by 50 step by step tutorials for various motifs (mostly botanical/natural - all of them are simple and lovely).

All of the tutorials contain a full size line-drawn template, tools and supplies and a color palette. Step by step tutorial instructions are provided in color as well as written instructions. Special tips, alternative methods, and other info is provided in sidebars throughout the book.

There is no index, however, there is a full color gallery listing of the projects in the table of contents.

Well made, very high quality, this book got my fingers itching to get my supplies out and have a go. This would make a superlative gift for anyone who wants to do watercolor; many (most) of the projects are accessible for anyone. These would make lovely cards, placecards, framed pieces, etc. Lovely. Five stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.