DIY Watercolor Flowers - by Marie Boudon (Paperback)

About the Book

Boudon shows you how to paint beautiful flowers in simple steps. Whether you're looking to decorate your journal pages, create unique wall art, or make personalized cards and gifts, this guide will teach you all you need to succeed. -- adapted from back cover.

Book Synopsis

Learn to paint beautiful watercolor flowers in simple steps with this free and easy approach to watercolor painting for beginners. Marie Boudon's beautifully presented creative course will give you a good grounding in this new-to-you medium and teach you all you need to know to get started with painting flowers in watercolor. Find out about paper, brushes and paints, color mixing, wet and dry techniques, blending and gradients, contrast and even how to digitize your work. Then learn to paint roses, peonies, carnations, dahlias, anemones, poppies, leaves, details and textures and how to bring all of these together into beautiful compositions which make lovely art pieces, journal pages, handmade stationery and greetings cards, inspirational quote frames, personalized gifts and more.

Review Quotes

"[T]his content provides a DIY method for aspiring watercolor artists to get started, practice, and refine their skills. ... Given the popularity of hand-decorated bullet journals, print-on-demand websites where individuals can sell objects featuring their own original artwork, and the current cultural affinity for watercolor art, this book is likely to be popular in many communities." --Booklist

About the Author

Marie Boudon is a completely self-taught artist and creative living in Paris, France. With an engineering background, she has built a program of online workshops under her own brand tribulationsdemarie.