I am obsessed with this book! Gorgeous projects with complete steps and explanations! I am fairly new to watercolor and this book is perfection!
Kelly,
I really enjoyed this book。 If for anything, this book is full of a lot of beautiful watercolor eye-candy。I'm approaching this as an advanced watercolorist。 I picked up the book because I feel like I always have something new to learn。 I do feel like I was presented with several new approaches to familiar techniques, such as the timing of dabbing/lifting color to create highlights and using gouache。The main title of this book is a bit misleading because this really is a venture into mixed media。 I really enjoyed this book。 If for anything, this book is full of a lot of beautiful watercolor eye-candy。I'm approaching this as an advanced watercolorist。 I picked up the book because I feel like I always have something new to learn。 I do feel like I was presented with several new approaches to familiar techniques, such as the timing of dabbing/lifting color to create highlights and using gouache。The main title of this book is a bit misleading because this really is a venture into mixed media。 The subtitle clears that up, of course, but if you're picking up this book expecting to only use watercolors, then you'll be disappointed。That said, I use watercolors pretty exclusively so it was nice to get a little introduction to gouache。I feel like the lessons were clear。 The author even provides traceable artwork on perforated pages at the back of the book so if you're not very confident with your drawing skills, you can trace her outlines。 For the advanced artists, she provides several suggestions on how to approach her lessons such as using different colors and coming up with your own compositions。Overall beautiful book with great, quick, clear lessons。 。。。more