Sunday, May 26, 2019

Watercolor with Me: In the Forest Review

Can you learn to paint if you can't draw? Yes, says Dana Fox author of Watercolor With Me: In the Forest - a gorgeous watercolor project book with 50 woodland sketches for you to paint. The subjects are listed below in the table of contents and include a variety of appealing flora and fauna. All projects are laid out in the same useful format. On the left page is a simple sketch. While on the right - tips, instructions, a color palette and the tools required to complete the artwork are shown. For reference, a sample of the subject matter painted in Dana's whimsical style is also included. Sketches are printed on 24.4 x 23 cm (9.6 x 9 inch) good watercolor paper. Experiment with the following watercolor techniques - wet-on-dry, wet-on-wet, painting fur, and ink and wash. Supplies you are likely to need include: watercolor paint and brushes, a permanent ink pen and white gel pen. Premium binding allows the book to lay fully flat when open. Hands free! No previous skill is needed. What a wonderful way to explore watercolor! I love it and am going to work my way through it. Dana is the creator of the popular YouTube series, Paint with Me. This is her first watercolor book. Good news, her second book in the series is set to be released in Fall 2019! Page Street Publishing released this 119 page paperback on August 14, 2018. A Kindle version is also available. Get your copy below!


Introduction
Projects

WET ON DRY
Acorns
Caterpillars
Ferns
Ladybugs
Clovers
Flowers
Monarch
Tree
Moth
Dogwood Rose
Mushroom
Cabin

WET ON WET
Chickadee
Feathers
Maple Leaf
Snail
Hummingbird
Bluebird
Tortoise
Squirrel
Leaves
Wild Roses
Daisies
Trout

PAINTING FUR
Hedgehog
Bumble Bee
Bear
Skunk
Chipmunk
Fawn
Raccoon
Rabbit
Coyote
Beaver
Fox

INK AND WASH
Dragon Fly
Mountain Ash Leaf
Stoat
Salamander
Pine Cone
Mouse
Raspberries
Tree Frog
Owl
Grasshopper
Trillium
Wolf
Titmouse
Lily Pad

About the Author


Fawn from the Painting Fur exercise on pages 74 and 75.



Glance inside the pages of Watercolor with Me: In the Forest.



Watercolor With Me: In the Forest is available worldwide (scroll down) and at Amazon USA, Amazon Canada and Amazon UKPage Street Publishing Co. was founded in 2012 and is located just outside of Boston. They only use sustainable paper vendors and print with environmentally-friendly, soy-based ink.




My copy beside my new watercolor paint set.



16 comments:

  1. Cute, I always liked forest animals. Drawing them w/ watercolour is even better

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  2. Beautiful watercolours. They remind me of some of my favourite picture books.

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  3. This looks like a really neat book.

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  4. This is a wonderful book I love all animals

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  5. The animal illustrations are so cute. Gotta work on my watercolor to get to this level. :)

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  6. I think I would enjoy this. Very pretty.

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  7. Thanks for sharing,such amazing talent !

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  8. So many beautiful things in the Forest!

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  9. I admire the talent It is something I do not have.

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  10. What an awesome art project book!

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  11. The illustrations are just gorgeous!!!

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  12. I love this book! So nice!

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  13. I haven't been brave enough to try watercoloring, but after seeing your review for this book, it looks so fun! I love that the 'lessons' come packaged in a forest theme, that's way more motivating and interesting than rote skill practicing.

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  14. wonderful book! love the water colour illustrations!

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