Creative Watercolor offers beginners a fun, modern, and practical
approach to a timeless medium with instructions on how to paint simple
motifs, create elegant lettering, and embellish projects beautifully.
Popular watercolor artist and workshop instructor Ana Victoria
Calderon shares her step-by-step techniques for painting modern
designs in this classic medium. All the fundamentals needed to get
started in watercolor are here, allowing you to quickly learn how to
create beautiful watercolor paintings. Through a series of easy
tutorials and projects, you will:
- Discover basic materials and tools, plus options for
embellishing your paintings
- Master essential techniques, starting with easy warm-up
activities. Then, learn to layer, and get into the flow with
watercolor
- Get an introduction to scanning and digital editing for making
multiples
- Paint a variety of simple, beautiful designs: flowers and leaves,
butterflies and critters, fruits and vegetables, and
delightful lettering
- Use what you've learned to create unique, stylish stationery,
including beautiful invitations, place cards, menus,
monograms, recipe gift cards, thank you notes--any project
you can imagine, for any kind of event you can think of!
There's never been a better time to dive into the world of
watercolor, so why wait? Grab a brush and get painting!
Perfect for all skill levels, the books in the Art for Modern Makers
series take a fun, practical approach to learning about and working
with paints and other art mediums to create beautiful DIY projects and
crafts.
