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DIY Watercolor Jungle

Easy Watercolor Painting Techniques for Flowers and Foliage
Series: DIY Watercolor
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DIY Watercolor Jungle by Marie Boudon is a vibrant guide that invites you to explore the lush world of watercolor painting. It provides step-by-step instructions and inspiration for painting a variety of tropical plants and exotic creatures, focusing on unleashing your creativity while honing technical skills. The book is a delightful blend of artistic techniques and botanical beauty, perfect for artists of all levels seeking to bring the jungle to life on canvas.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring creative pursuits and want to learn how to bring vibrant, lush jungle scenes to life through watercolour painting. With easy-to-follow instructions and beautiful inspiration, it’s perfect for both beginners and seasoned artists alike, providing an escape into artistic expression and nature’s beauty.

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Learn to paint tropical flowers and foliage in simple steps with this free and easy approach to watercolor painting for beginners. Marie Boudon’s 20 step-by-step tutorials will have you making jungle-themed art in no time. Along the way, be inspired by ideas for displaying the finished work as wall art, journal pages, handmade stationery and cards.

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The follow-up to the bestselling DIY Watercolor Flowers, featuring step-by-step tutorials for on-trend botanical leaves and tropical flowers in ever-popular watercolours.

Learn to paint tropical watercolour flowers and foliage in simple steps with this free and easy approach to watercolour painting for beginners. Marie Boudon's beautifully presented creative course will get you started in this expressive and fun medium.

Find out about the essential materials you need, learn about colour mixing for an on-trend jungle palette, get expert tips on transparency, overlays and negative space, and discover ideas for compositions. Then work step-by-step through over 20 tutorials for jungle plants and flowers.

From palm trees, monstera leaves, and other jungle foliage to tropical flowers such as hibiscus, bird of paradise, and anthurium, you'll find easy exercises and inspiring ideas for jungle-themed art, which is a huge trend in interiors and surface pattern design.

Along the way, be inspired by Marie's gorgeous ideas for presenting the finished work as art pieces, journal pages, handmade stationery and greetings cards, inspirational quote frames, personalised gifts and more.

Author: Marie Boudon is a completely self-taught artist and creative living in Paris, France. With an engineering background, she has built a program of online workshops under her own brand, tribulationsdemarie.

Selling Points:

  • Taps into the strong trend for jungle foliage and tropical flowers in interior and surface pattern design.
  • The follow-up to the bestselling DIY Watercolor Flowers.
  • Includes full step-by-step tutorials for over 20 tropical flowers and leaves as well as ideas for presenting your work as wall art, handmade stationery, postcards, greetings cards, sketchbook and journal pages.

Series: DIY Watercolor

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  • DIY Watercolor Jungle
    The follow-up to the bestselling DIY Watercolor Flowers, featuring step-by-step tutorials for on-trend botanical leaves and tropical flowers in ever-popular watercolours. Learn to paint tropical watercolour flowers and foliage in simple steps with this free and easy approach to watercolour painting for beginners. Marie Boudon's beautifully presented creative course will get you started in this expressive and fun medium. Find...
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    $4700
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    Ships in 1 week
  • DIY Watercolor Christmas
    Make this Christmas a watercolour wonderland with this creative guide to painting through the festive season. Learn the materials and equipment you need for watercolour painting and how to create both traditional and contemporary colour palettes for Christmas. Then, delve into a range of watercolour techniques including washes, blending, and gradation, and explore experimental ideas using salt, bleach, and masking...
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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...
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    Out 10 Nov 2026

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781446308134

Publisher: David & Charles

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 April 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: David & Charles

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 217.0mm

Height: 256.0mm

Weight: 676g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Marie Boudon is a completely self-taught artist and creative living in Paris, France. With an engineering background, she has built a program of online workshops under her own brand tribulationsdemarie.

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