Your Year in Art: Watercolor

Your Year in Art: Watercolor

by Kristin Van Leuven
Released July 2020
Publisher(s): Walter Foster
ISBN: 9781633228276

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Book description

Your Year in Art: Watercolor features fun weekly art challenges, step-by-step painting lessons, and inspirational tips and techniques that will help beginning to intermediate artists overcome their artistic fears and get comfortable with paints, canvas, and creativity!

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1: Basics
    1. WEEK 1: Color Explorations
    2. WEEK 2: Make Your Mark
    3. WEEK 3: Shape Up
    4. WEEK 4: Watercolor Washes
    5. WEEK 5: Experiments in Blending
    6. WEEK 6: Building Layers
    7. WEEK 7: Building Saturation
    8. WEEK 8: Paper Texture Practice
    9. WEEK 9: Experiment with Resists
    10. WEEK 10: Embrace the White Space
    11. WEEK 11: Magic Monochrome
    12. WEEK 12: Playing with Negative Space
    13. WEEK 13: Pattern Play
    14. WEEK 14: Black & White
    15. WEEK 15: Luminous Lettering
  3. Chapter 2: Jump-Starting Creativity
    1. WEEK 16: Breaking Free of Creative Ruts
    2. WEEK 17: Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places
    3. WEEK 18: A Bug’s View
    4. WEEK 19: A Bird’s View
    5. WEEK 20: Intuitive Painting
    6. WEEK 21: One Thing Twenty Ways
    7. WEEK 22: Empowering Words
    8. WEEK 23: Detailed to Abstract
    9. WEEK 24: Abstract Storytelling
    10. WEEK 25: Doodle It Out
  4. Chapter 3: Getting Outside
    1. WEEK 26: Go Green
    2. WEEK 27: Nature Illustration
    3. WEEK 28: Fun with Florals
    4. WEEK 29: Build a Wreath
    5. WEEK 30: Build a Cactus Garden
    6. WEEK 31: Dreamy Greenhouse
    7. WEEK 32: Cute Critters
    8. WEEK 33: Illuminating Insects
    9. WEEK 34: Painting a Landscape
    10. WEEK 35: Expressive Architecture
    11. WEEK 36: The Sky’s the Limit
  5. Chapter 4: Making It Personal
    1. WEEK 37: Beautiful Faces
    2. WEEK 38: Tackle Your To-Do List
    3. WEEK 39: The Room You’re In
    4. WEEK 40: Your Least Favorite Color
    5. WEEK 41: Happy Thoughts
    6. WEEK 42: Illustrated Food Journal
    7. WEEK 43: Paint Your Passion
    8. WEEK 44: A Favorite Memory
    9. WEEK 45: Your Favorite Book
    10. WEEK 46: Make it Your Own
    11. WEEK 47: Design a Greeting Card
  6. Chapter 5: Keeping It Going
    1. WEEK 48: Perfecting Perspective
    2. WEEK 49: Capturing Movement
    3. WEEK 50: Wade Into Water
    4. WEEK 51: Four Colorways
    5. WEEK 52: Paint a Still Life
  7. Meet the Author

Product information

  • Title: Your Year in Art: Watercolor
  • Author(s): Kristin Van Leuven
  • Release date: July 2020
  • Publisher(s): Walter Foster
  • ISBN: 9781633228276