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Watercolor Botanicals Hello, Watercolor!

Learn to Paint Your Favorite Creative Techniques and Inspiring
Plants and Florals Projects for the Beginning Artist
by Eunice Sun by Jeannie Dickson
Learn to paint gorgeous watercolor flowers, Instagram star Jeannie Dickson has created a
houseplants, and arrangements with this inspiring modern and inviting introduction to watercolor
guide that includes 30 step-by-step tutorials. painting that aspiring artists will turn to again
and again on their creative journey.
illed with lessons and daily exercises, this fun introduction to
Fwatercolor teaches beginner artists how to create their own ello, Watercolor! offers a fresh approach to painting water-
botanical-inspired paintings. It covers everything from selecting Hcolors with concise and accessible information. Aspiring
paper, paint, and brushes to choosing a palette, blending colors, artists and journalers will immediately be able to apply the tech-
and adding dimension and detail. Once you’ve mastered the niques they learn on these pages—including brush lettering—to
essential techniques, you’ll learn to paint cacti, popular house- more than 15 exciting step-by-step projects, from painting ori-
plants, and individual flowers, and see how to combine these gami animals, sparkling glass shards, and beautiful alphabets
components into more complex compositions, including frames, to producing luscious florals and fanciful unicorns. Among the
wreaths, and colorful bouquets. Step-by-step tutorials, along with features that make this handbook both a valuable learning tool
artist Eunice Sun’s expressive artwork, provides all the guidance and source of inspiration:
and inspiration you’ll need to render small motifs, decorate a
card, paint a charming still life, and more. • Projects include a list of techniques with cross-references
• Each project includes watercolors used with swatches so readers
EUNICE SUN is the artist behind Electric Eunice Lettering and can make substitutions easily
Designs. Along with creating custom pieces for weddings, events, • Popular color palettes and color “recipes” for foolproof mixing
gifts, and collaborations, she teaches watercolor illustration and • 12 monthly challenges with daily or weekly prompts to inspire
lettering workshops. She has been featured on several wedding painting all year long
blogs, the Starbucks 2016 Holiday Red Cup commercial, and • Templates to trace and paint for some projects
Bored Panda. Eunice is based in Irvine, CA. • Ideas to share work and connect with others (e.g., Instagram)

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ISBN 9781454711049 • $19.95 ($26.95 CAN) • PB • 144 PP (all in color) ISBN 9781684620029 • $19.95 ($26.95 CAN) • PB/F • 144 PP (all in color)
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