How to Make Art for Joy's Sake: Free-Spirited Watercolour

This fabulous compendium for creatives will inspire every artist to learn new techniques and work on their art practice for fun.

As a joy-focused approach to watercolour art, this volume has won the hearts of fans worldwide. The author teaches the basics of painting, infusing the learning process with wit, wisdom, and laughter. She shows all levels of painters how to make art for joy's sake. 

The less than serious method of guidance includes preparation, including the materials you really need (and don't need), and walks you through Basics and Details.

The Five Exercises chapter enhances your ways of brush handling, muscle memory, colour mixing, and texture, and 20 Leaves helps you put them all together. "Five Techniques" lets you experience flowers, fruits, veggies, landscapes, and patterns. And the projects - or as Kristy calls it, the "Ready to Fly" list - include Leaves and Greens; Take a Walk Pattern; Textile Pattern; Gem and Rock Pattern; Imaginary Landscape; Bouquet; and Watercolor Fragments. 

Features:

• Learn the Basics, Details, Five Exercises, and Five Techniques

• Create seven fresh projects

• Published 28th June 2021

• Hardcover with spiral bound insert

• Dimensons: 26 x 23 x 3 cm

• 188 Pages

About the Author 

Kristy Rice wears many hats: entrepreneur, mother, author, celebrity invitation designer, and stylist, but her first love is painting. She is also the author of many other books, card sets, and more. Her teaching method ffers you a joy-based, hands-on way to enrich your art-making journey and your creative life. Kristy's mantra for art is Forget the Rules, Remember Joy!