Creative Watercoloroffers beginners a fun, modern, and practical approach to a timeless medium with instructions on how to paint simple motifs, create elegant lettering, and embellish projects beautifully.

Popular watercolor artist and workshop instructorAna Victoria Calderonshares herstep-by-step techniquesfor paintingmodern designsin this classic medium. All the fundamentals needed toget started in watercolorare here, allowing you to quickly learn how to create beautiful watercolor paintings. Through a series ofeasy tutorials and projects, you will:

• Discoverbasic materials and tools, plus options forembellishing your paintings
• Masteressential techniques, starting with easy warm-up activities. Then, learn to layer, and get into the flow with watercolor
• Get anintroduction to scanning and digital editingfor making multiples
• Paint a variety of simple, beautiful designs:flowers and leaves, butterflies and critters, fruits and vegetables, and delightful lettering
• Use what you've learned to createunique, stylish stationery, including beautifulinvitations, place cards, menus, monograms, recipe gift cards, thank you notes--any project you can imagine, for any kind of event you can think of

There's never been a better time todive into the world of watercolor, so why wait? Grab a brush and get painting

Perfect for all skill levels, the books in theArt for Modern Makers seriestake a fun, practical approach to learning about and working with paints and other art mediums to create beautiful DIY projects and crafts.