Learn to paint delicate floral compositions in watercolour - step by step, with gentle guidance designed to build your confidence.

Whether you're new to watercolor or returning to it, this creative workbook helps you overcome common fears and frustrations. Through clear instructions, pre-drawn outlines, and practice pages, you'll explore how to manage water flow, control pigment concentration, and experiment with transparency and contrast—all essential to successful watercolor painting.

With encouragement from artist Anne-Claire Duval-Dumas, you'll paint roses, poppies, orchids, sweet peas, frangipani flowers, foliage, and more, all while developing your brushwork and finding your own rhythm. Even if you think, “I can’t draw” or “I’ll never get it right,” this book shows you otherwise.

Printed on high-quality watercolor paper, each sheet is easy to remove so your finished artwork can be framed, gifted, or kept. The pad format invites you to practice freely, explore creatively, and enjoy the meditative pleasure of painting nature - one brushstroke at a time.

Step into the expressive world of artist Elena Mompó with this stunning reverse coloring book, where bold brushstrokes and radiant florals invite your creativity to bloom.

Unlike traditional coloring books, these pages come alive with vibrant watercolors—rich in movement, emotion, and color. Your role is to respond: add lines, trace shapes, sketch patterns, or weave in delicate details of your own.

Each spread is an open invitation to slow down and explore, whether you outline petals, build abstract forms, or layer textures into Elena’s loose, painterly compositions. With no rules and endless possibilities, this is art as meditation, play, and mindful expression; a gentle practice in presence, creativity, and connection with yourself.

Printed on high-quality drawing paper, the book is ideal for pens, pencils and fine markers. Perfect for artists of all levels, it offers a fresh, intuitive way to connect with color, form, and your own imagination.

After discovering the essential materials, exploring fundamental techniques, and taking your first steps with color mixing and blending, you’ll learn to paint by following step-by-step tutorials and drawing oaks, fir trees, mushrooms, wildflowers, birds, squirrels, and even tiny snails. Immerse yourself in the heart of the forest and explore its hidden wonders!

Inspired by Anne-Claire Duval-Dumas' delicate watercolor style, this book encourages you to let your creativity guide you as you create forest landscapes, tree-filled compositions, and charming scenes where flora and fauna live in harmony. Whether you're a beginner or simply looking to reconnect with nature through art, this workbook offers a gentle, joyful introduction to painting woodland life.

A vibrant anthology of contemporary botanical art, showcasing over forty artists through illustrations, paintings, and prints where nature meets artistic expression on an inspiring visual journey.

This beautiful anthology brings together the work of more than forty contemporary artists of different nationalities and generations, each offering a unique interpretation of the botanical world. Organized in chapters dedicated to individual artists, the book showcases a curated selection of illustrations, paintings, silkscreens, lithographs, and engravings. Each chapter includes a brief overview of the artist’s career and practice, highlighting their stylistic approach, recurring themes, techniques, and influences. This diverse collection spans a wide range of styles — from detailed realism to expressive abstraction — reflecting the many ways plants, flowers, and botanical forms continue to inspire visual artists today. The result is a vibrant survey of contemporary botanical art, where scientific precision meets poetic imagination. Both a celebration of nature and a reflection on its enduring presence in contemporary art, this book offers an inspiring visual journey for illustrators, designers, art lovers, and anyone drawn to the beauty of the natural world.

A stunning visual guide to nature’s diverse color spectrum that inspires creativity with vibrant palettes, expert color breakdowns, and curated mood boards — perfect for artists, designers, and nature lovers eager to bring nature’s brilliance into their creative world

A vivid tribute to nature’s astonishing color spectrum, this book explores the vibrant palettes found in the animal kingdom, from insects and birds to butterflies and marine life, The book celebrates the remarkable diversity of color found in living creatures — and inspires creativity in everyday life. Following in the footsteps of the acclaimed Palette Perfect series, the author, a color designer and enthusiast — not a scientist or naturalist — approaches the project with the same sense of wonder and curiosity that fueled her childhood passions. Intended for artists, designers, color enthusiasts, educators, and curious minds of all ages, the book combines striking photography with practical design tools. Each spread features a photograph of an animal alongside a brief description, offering insights into its world. Accompanying each profile is a detailed breakdown of the creature’s color palette, complete with a color wheel and CMYK and RGB values for practical applications. In addition, curated mood boards follow each animal’s palette, showcasing how its unique colors can inspire creativity across various mediums — including art, fashion, photography, and interior design. These visual pairings reveal the deep connections between nature’s color systems and human inspiration. While rooted in a deep appreciation for the natural world, the book is equally a practical resource and a spark for the imagination. Whether seeking fresh ideas for a creative project, teaching children about color, or simply marveling at nature’s design, readers are invited to explore these pages with the same sense of wonder that inspired their creation. Nature’s living colors are sure to ignite the imagination and bring new dimensions to creative pursuits.

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