Your Year in Art: Watercolor: A Project for Every Week of the Year to Inspire Creative Exploration in Watercolor Painting

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Overcome your creative blocks and fears and start painting with confidence with Your Year in Art: Watercolor! Filled with weekly art challenges, step-by-step watercolor lessons, helpful tips and techniques, and gorgeous artwork, this follow-up to the drawing-focused Your Year in Art is a must-have for any watercolor artist. Written and illustrated by Kristin Van Leuven, owner of the popular online art shop Hello Lovely People and author of Modern Watercolor (Walter Foster Publishing), Your Year in Art: Watercolor seeks to motivate and inspire. The book is divided into weekly art challenges and prompts that cover appealing themes like florals , birds , and portraits , as well as inspirational ideas for painting patterns , holiday decorations , scenery , and so much more. Lessons and prompts are guided but invite personalization so you can build your skills while celebrating your own unique style. If you're a beginning artist, you might feel intimidated by watercolor, a medium that doesn't allow for many errors. However, Kristin Van Leuven makes watercolor fun and approachable with her easy-to-follow tips and free-flowing, expressive style. With her guidance, you'll learn to embrace imperfection and use the lessons as inspiration, rather than something to imitate exactly. With Your Year in Art: Watercolor , develop your own painting style and express yourself using watercolor! Cover Half Title Title Copyright Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Basics Week 1: Color Explorations Week 2: Make Your Mark Week 3: Shape Up Week 4: Watercolor Washes Week 5: Experiments in Blending Week 6: Building Layers Week 7: Building Saturation Week 8: Paper Texture Practice Week 9: Experiment with Resists Week 10: Embrace the White Space Week 11: Magic Monochrome Week 12: Playing with Negative Space Week 13: Pattern Play Week 14: Black & White Week 15: Luminous Lettering Chapter 2: Jump-Starting Creativity Week 16: Breaking Free of Creative Ruts Week 17: Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places Week 18: A Bug’s View Week 19: A Bird’s View Week 20: Intuitive Painting Week 21: One Thing Twenty Ways Week 22: Empowering Words Week 23: Detailed to Abstract Week 24: Abstract Storytelling Week 25: Doodle It Out Chapter 3: Getting Outside Week 26: Go Green Week 27: Nature Illustration Week 28: Fun with Florals Week 29: Build a Wreath Week 30: Build a Cactus Garden Week 31: Dreamy Greenhouse Week 32: Cute Critters Week 33: Illuminating Insects Week 34: Painting a Landscape Week 35: Expressive Architecture Week 36: The Sky’s the Limit Chapter 4: Making It Personal Week 37: Beautiful Faces Week 38: Tackle Your To-Do List Week 39: The Room You’re In Week 40: Your Least Favorite Color Week 41: Happy Thoughts Week 42: Illustrated Food Journal Week 43: Paint Your Passion Week 44: A Favorite Memory Week 45: Your Favorite Book Week 46: Make it Your Own Week 47: Design a Greeting Card Chapter 5: Keeping It Going Week 48: Perfecting Perspective Week 49: Capturing Movement Week 50: Wade Into Water Week 51: Four Colorways Week 52: Paint a Still Life Meet the Author