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You Will Be Able to Paint with Watercolour by the End of This Book
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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...
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Everything a complete beginner needs to know to get started in watercolour, from bestselling author and artist Harriet de Winton.
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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 20+ step-by-step projects ranging from very simple to more complex works, 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 style
You Will Be Able to Paint with Watercolour by the End of This Book is the perfect starting point for budding artists aiming to master watercolour techniques.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781840919196
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 September 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Ilex
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 189.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 567g
Pages: 160
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About the Author
Harriet 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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