The Joy of Watercolor : 40 Happy Lessons for Painting the World Around You

About the book

For a soothing boost of creativity and whimsy, try your hand at watercolour. With a few simple steps, anyone can discover their artistic side and achieve moments of peace and tranquility doing so. Forty straightforward lessons promise fun and colourful results: no previous artistic skill required. This simple painting medium produces colorful, modern paintings to adorn invitations, gifts and walls. The 40 lessons cover useful topics like: painting on vacation; painting your pets; layering colours; mixing colours; painting flowers and plants Supplies are minimal: a basic palette of watercolours and a selection of brushes, plus nice thick paper, will do the job, yielding bright and whimsical results guaranteed to bring colour to any gray day. Painting your own beautiful cards and artwork is within reach!

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Emma Block Biography

Emma Block is a multidisciplinary illustrator, working across editorial illustration, publishing, packaging, and branding. She teaches sell-out watercolor, gouache, and brush-lettering workshops, and provides live illustration and bespoke workshops at corporate events and parties. She illustrated a series of "Untranslatable Love Words" (for the diamond company Vashi) that went viral in 2015. She is also the author of The Joy of Watercolor. She lives in London. ... Read full biography