Learn how to paint lovely watercolor flowers, animals, and still lifes the easy way!

Special features:

• Perfect for Beginners: Covers all the basic techniques, including wet on wet, dry brush, transparent colors, glazing, charging, and more. With more than 325 step-by-step photos, learning is easy!
• A Beautiful Gift: Printed on quality paper in full color, with a premium paperback with flaps cover, and a sewn binding that stays open, making it easy to follow along.
• An Expert Author: Author/artist Jeannie Dickson is known for the beautiful watercolors and how-to videos she posts to her popular Instagram page (@jeanniedicksondesigns)

Have you always wanted to learn to watercolor but didn’t know where to start? Hello, Watercolor! will take you on a delightful journey of creative discovery and learning, teaching you the basics of watercolor step by easy step. Artist/author Jeannie Dixon provides you with all the building blocks and basic skills you will need, including:

• A primer on color theory
• A guide to basic brushstrokes and water control
• Washes (wet on wet, gradated, flat, blending)
• Special techniques like glazing, charging, lifting, masking
• Creating textures (water blooms, salt texture, spattering, dry brush, scumbling)
• Brush lettering 101, including the basic strokes, a practice alphabet, and how to make ombre letters

Then move on to 15 watercolor projects that celebrate the natural world, including a rainbow unicorn, transparent blue hydrangeas, and a still life of pomegranates with their blossoms. Each project lists:

• the techniques that are used, so you can easily refer back for a refresher
• the full color palette
• brushes and other supplies

Dickson then takes you through creating the artwork step by step.

Give yourself or someone you love the gift of creativity with Hello, Watercolor!