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Creative Abstract Watercolor: The Beginner's Guide to Expressive and Imaginative Painting

by Kate Rebecca Leach

An exploratory introduction to abstract watercolor

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An exploratory introduction to abstract watercolor

Kate Rebecca Leach’s guide organizes abstract watercolor practice around hands-on projects, from simple shapes and botanicals to expressive landscapes. Along the way, it introduces techniques for working with color, texture and contrast, and shows how watercolor’s natural flow can help shape a composition. Gel pens and metallics add options for mixed-media embellishment. The book places experimentation and play ahead of detailed, accurate representation, giving beginners a practical entry point into making abstract work and developing ideas of their own.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Beginners interested in learning watercolor techniques through projects
  • Painters curious about abstract subjects and mixed-media embellishment
  • Those seeking creative exercises involving color, shape and texture

Themes

Abstract watercolorExperimentation and playColor, shape and textureMixed-media embellishment

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Book overview

Learn how to create dynamic, original abstract art using easy techniques and nothing more than watercolor paints and a few pens.

Let your creativity loose and start making art, without getting bogged down in detail or accuracy - just allow yourself to experiment, have fun, be present and play with colour, shape and texture to your heart's content.

In this unique step-by-step book, you'll discover watercolor techniques, tips and tricks to create your own vibrant art, letting the natural watercolor flow to help form your composition and inspire further mixed media embellishment.

Author Kate Rebecca Leach of Essoldo Design has amassed a huge following online for her beautiful abstract artworks. In her debut book, she generously shares her techniques so that even complete beginners will be able to pick up a brush and create stunning works of art.

Through a variety of projects, including simple shapes, abstract botanicals, and expressive landscapes, you'll learn easy techniques to combine color, texture, and contrast in exciting ways, and how to add gorgeous embellishments using gel pens and metallics to make your abstract pieces shine.

Using this book, you'll be able to create art that you'll be proud to display in your home, gift to friends and family and develop your own portfolio, while having a lot of creative fun in the process.

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