Takako Y. Miyoshi

A Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Painting: Step-by-Step Lessons for Portraits, Landscapes and Still Lifes (Includes 16 Practice Postcards) Takako Y. Miyoshi

Your perfect introduction to the enjoyable art of watercolor sketching!

A Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Painting is the ideal book for anyone who wants to experience the spontaneity of watercolor painting--a rewarding hobby that enables you to paint anytime, anywhere. The beginner-friendly lessons in this book contain all the information you need. They are complete with detailed tips and instructions along with step-by-step photos to walk you through the process of painting everything from still life to portraits and landscapes.

The 15 lessons in the book show you how to paint the following popular subjects:
Lifelike fruits and vegetables, such as zesty lemons, sweet cherry tomatoes and verdant sugar snap peasBeautiful flowers, like brilliant yellow sunflowers, pastel pink roses and stunning floral bouquetsAdorable pets like friendly calico cats and fluffy Shibu Inu dogsTasty treats, including indulgent strawberry shortcakes, coffees and teasCharming buildings and landscapes, such as quaint canal-side buildings and exotic tiered pagodasAnd much more!
Each lesson opens with a subject photo and the suggested color palette, followed by steps for the entire process of creating an underdrawing and progressively applying brilliant, transparent watercolor paint. This handy book is the perfect companion for vacations and weekends. Toss it into your bag with your watercolor block, paints and brushes--and go out and paint interesting subjects in the wide world around you!

Plus, at the back are 16 postcards printed on heavy paper stock with printed underdrawings for readers to paint and mail to family and friends!
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