Fearless watercolor for beginners: adventurous painting techniques to get you started

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Finally! Artful watercolor painting for beginners! Yes, YOU can do it. YOU can create beautiful watercolor paintings--everything from florals to portraits to landscapes--even if you've never before worked with this exuberant, exciting medium. Fearless Watercolor for Beginners offers a unique, one-on-one workshop--with step-by-step demonstrations, exercises and bonus video content--that teaches you all the basics you need to get started (and then some)--and then promptly encourages you to break them! Inside you'll find: 22 step-by-step demonstrations for basic techniques, techniques for ad.;Title Page; Special Offers; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Materials Used in This Book; Chapter1: Before You Start; It's All About the Water; The Importance of Taking Risks, Making Mistakes and Having Fun; About Style and a Place and Time to Paint; Documenting Your Process; Planning and Improvising; Chapter2: What You Will Need; Different Kinds of Papers and How They Affect Your Painting; The Star: Paint Tubes and Pans; Brushes and Alternatives; Other Materials; Transferring Your Drawing; Chapter3: Basic Techniques; Washes: The Basis of Watercolor Painting; Graded Washes.