"A contemporary paint-every-day watercolor guide that explores foundational strokes and patterns and then builds new skills upon the foundations over the course of 30 days to create finished pieces"--

This informative guide to watercolors is perfect for young artists who want to try their hand at this versatile art form. They'll learn the fundamentals of painting with watercolors as they complete engaging projects.

With the fun and easy techniques in Gina Rossi Armfield's No Excuses Watercolor, your excuses for not painting with watercolor don't stand a chance! As you try the demonstrations and exercises, you'll learn the techniques and tricks necessary to achieve amazing, colorful results in your artist's sketchbook. After getting to know your materials, you'll try your hand at thirteen exercises that will help train your hand, and help you identify and refine...

"... 126 paintings are accompanied by insight from the artists revealing how they pushed the limits of color, blurred the boundary between realism and abstraction, embraced accidents and did away with expectations, traditional thinking, and sometimes even brushes"--From publisher description.

Printed on premium art paper, the left hand page has an outline of the project, and the right-hand page has the instructions. You can practice watercolor techniques-- wet-on-dry, wet-on-wet, painting fur and ink and wash-- right in the book! Fox provides information on techniques for flowers, leaves, insects, animals, and more. It's easier than ever to create stunning art-- right in the book! -- adapted from perusal of book and back cover. "In Watercolor...