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A Year of Watercolour

A Seasonal Guide to Botanical Watercolour Painting
By Harriet de Winton
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A Year of Watercolour by Harriet de Winton offers a delightful journey through 12 months of creative exploration, focusing on learning and developing watercolour skills. The book provides step-by-step projects that align with seasonal themes, encompassing nature-inspired motifs and helping artists of all levels build confidence and express their creativity through watercolour.
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If you’re looking for a creative journey through the seasons with a paintbrush in hand, this book may appeal to you. It offers a delightful exploration into the art of watercolour, guiding you through various techniques and projects that capture the essence of each month. Whether you are a beginner or have some experience, you'll enjoy developing your skills and finding inspiration from nature throughout the year.

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The third botanical watercolour book, this time with a seasonal twist, by best-selling author Harriet de Winton, whose first two books have sold more than 100,000 copies.

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Create beautiful botanical artworks, engage with the natural world around you, and take pleasure in the changing seasons with A Year of Watercolour.

Award-winning and bestselling artist and tutor Harriet de Winton takes you through more than 30 step-by-step botanical paintings that span the seasons. Learn to paint cherry blossoms and lambs in the spring, honeybees and wildflowers for summer, oak leaves and harvest mice in autumn, and pine trees and snowdrops in winter.

Plus, enjoy charming bonus features like a recipe for wild garlic pesto in springtime, or guidance on how to paint a festive wreath with winter berries and foliage.

Harriet covers basic watercolour techniques including mixing colours, making this book perfect for watercolour beginners. The perfect primer for creating seasonal cards, personalised stationery and stunning artworks to decorate your home or give to friends and family.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781781579008

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Ilex

Audience: General / adult, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 188.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 515g

Pages: 144

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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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