You Will Be Able to Paint with Watercolour by the End of This Book
By (Author) Harriet de Winton
Octopus Publishing Group
Ilex
30th September 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Painting, drawing and art manuals
Paintings and painting
Hobbies
Paperback
160
Width 189mm, Height 246mm
Everything a complete beginner needs to know to get started in watercolour.
The perennial favourite material for beginner artists, watercolour can be a surprisingly tricky medium to get to grips with. In this essential guide, bestselling author and artist Harriet de Winton walks readers through all the essential materials, tools and techniques to get started with creating art in watercolour. Readers will then feel empowered to approach 15+ step-by-step projects ranging from very simple to more complex works, and dealing with landscapes, flowers & botanicals, still lifes and abstracts.Pick up a new creative skill with confidence with this comprehensive, accessible guide.Topics covered include:- Washes and gradients- Highlights and lowlights- Underpainting- Lifting and blotting- Shadow and light sources- Perspective- Depth and distance- Finding your styleHarriet de Winton is an artist and stationer. Founder of the de Winton Paper co, Harriet hosts a popular YouTube watercolour tutorial channel as well as hosting workshops in the UK and abroad. She is the author of the best-selling New Botanical Painting, Birds, Bees & Blossoms and A Year of Watercolour, which between them have been translated into nine languages.
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