Publisher Description

As nature love blooms, discover the beginner basics of watercolour art techniques through painting nature's wildlife and habitats.

Discover your inner artist - and emotional relationship to nature - in this striking, life-affirming project book on watercolour art from Inga Buividavice. Experience how the practical medium of painting in watercolour can connect us to inner and outer nature, and be freeing, joyful and wild!
Each step by step project introduces a new watercolour technique. Learn about colour principles by painting chameleons and beetles; explore textures through the fluffy fur of a red panda; create patterns from the lines of a butterfly's wing; and make shapes like a koi fish.
With mindful reflections on the meditative benefits of watercolour, Inga encourages you to experiment and develop your practice, all whilst taking inspiration from the world around you.

Author Biography

Inga Buividavice is a graphic artist and author based in Liverpool but originally from Lithuania. She graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts with an MA in graphic design, and started hand drawing and painting in 2018. Her work centres on the natural world and its relation to the act of creating, and is inspired by plant and animal life around her.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 6About author's journey of finding watercolour connects her to nature every day, wellbeing & creative mindfulness; inspiration from nature
STARTING WITH WATERCOLOURS 12
Including an overview of materials including paints, brushes and other supplies
Main techniques
Drawing and other preparation before you start painting
Basic colour and colour theory
PROJECTS 34
Dry brush on wet effect exercise - red pandas
Wet brush on wet effect exercise - beetles
Glazing exercise - ladybirds
Blooms exercise - hare silhouettes
Pulling technique exercise - frogs
Watercolour and ink exercise - koi fish
Using masking tape exercise - snake
Using different textures exercise - turtles
Expressive features exercise - flamingos
Using space exercise - dolphins
Different brush strokes exercise - chamelions
Painting patterns exercise - butterflies
PAINTING HABITATS
Meadow - bumblebees
Forest - deer
Coral - seahorses
ANIMALS AROUND YOU - WHERE TO FIND INSPIRATION 132
Look around you - pigeons exercise
Our friends' pets - cats/dogs/parrots/fish/chameleons exercise
Taking photos - butterflies exercise
Light study exercise
Sketchbook exercise
FINAL THOUGHTS/CONNECTING TO NATURE 150
Resources/reading refs
Podcasts, music, nature essays and books on nature

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