Fall in love with watercolours and create beautiful paintings that you can be proud of! Positive, inspiring messages and quotations are the perfect subject for expressive watercolour lettering. This skill-building portfolio book for absolute beginners will teach you everything you need to know to get started with watercolour art. Talented artist Robin Pickens introduces you to all the basics of paint, brushes, palette and water, with easy-to-follow advice on opacity, blending, shading and mixing colours. She then guides you step-by-step through eight complete inspirational watercolour calligraphy projects. Each project features soft, muted patterns printed on real 90# thick and tactile watercolour paper. The pages are perforated so you can easily remove your art for gifting or display. Just Add Watercolor Happy Thoughts also provides gorgeous fully coloured finished examples to inspire your work on each design.

About the Author
Robin Pickens is a licensed surface designer, illustrator and graphic designer. She licenses her artwork for a variety of products including Christmas ornaments, fabrics, calendars, greeting cards, gift books, home decor, wall art, dishware and more. Robin has previously worked as a broadcast television art director and animator.


Book Information
ISBN 9781497203747
Author Robin Pickens
Format Paperback
Page Count 32
Imprint Brown Dog Books
Publisher Brown Dog Books