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DIY Watercolor Animals

The Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide to Painting 20 Adorable Creatures
By Heike Kuzminski
Series: DIY Watercolor
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Learn to paint beautiful watercolour animals in simple steps with this easy-to-use beginner's guide. Full step-by-step tutorials for over 20 cute animals and birds, all of which are easily achievable. Packed with creative ideas for presenting work as handmade stationery, postcards, framed art, greetings cards, sketchbook... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Start creating your own watercolor menagerie today and paint adorable animals full of character and charm! Full step-by-step tutorials for over 20 adorable animals and birds, all of which are easily achievable for the beginner.

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Learn to paint beautiful watercolour animals in simple steps with this easy-to-use beginner's guide.

Full step-by-step tutorials for over 20 cute animals and birds, all of which are easily achievable.

Packed with creative ideas for presenting work as handmade stationery, postcards, framed art, greetings cards, sketchbook and journal pages.

Paint birds, bears, cats, koalas, turtles, and more, plus learn how to bring all these together into beautiful compositions.

Start creating your own watercolour menagerie today and paint adorable animals full of character and charm!

DIY Watercolor Animals is authored by Heike Kuzminski, an artist and designer living in Coquitlam, Canada with her husband, two sons, and two cats. Her preferred medium is watercolour and ink. She is inspired by nature, isolating elements and details to create simple and striking compositions. Subjects are typically florals and animals in their natural habitat.

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  • DIY Watercolor Animals
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    DIY Watercolor Animals
    Learn to paint beautiful watercolour animals in simple steps with this easy-to-use beginner's guide. Full step-by-step tutorials for over 20 cute animals and birds, all of which are easily achievable. Packed with creative ideas for presenting work as handmade stationery, postcards, framed art, greetings cards, sketchbook and journal pages. Paint birds, bears, cats, koalas, turtles, and more, plus learn how...
    By Heike Kuzminski
    Paperback
    $4999
    Pre-order
    Out 3 Nov 2026

Book Details

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ISBN: 9781446317280

Publisher: David & Charles

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 November 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: David & Charles

Illustration: 548 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 255.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Heike Kuzminski is an artist and designer living in Coquitlam, Canada with her husband, two sons, and two cats. Her preferred medium is watercolour and ink. She is inspired by nature, isolating elements and details to create simple and striking compositions. Subjects are typically florals and animals in their natural habitat.

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