Watercolor Workbook: Flowers, Feathers, and Animal Friends

Learn watercolor the approachable way—by painting directly in the book. No drawing, tracing, or transferring required!

Watercolor Workbook: Flowers, Feathers, and Animal Friends is a beginner-friendly watercolor book featuring 25 step-by-step botanical, bird, and animal projects printed on thick, premium 200 gsm watercolor paper. With preprinted sketches, guided instructions, suggested paints and brushes, and essential technique tips, complete beginners can start creating beautiful artwork with confidence.

Inside, you’ll discover:
• 25 beginner-friendly projects featuring flowers, feathers, birds, and charming animal friends
• Premium 200 gsm watercolor paper that lets you paint directly on each page with no color bleed-through
• Preprinted sketches—no drawing skills required
• Simple, step-by-step instructions that make watercolor easy to understand and enjoy
• Fundamental watercolor techniques to help you develop brush control, color skills, and creative confidence
• Inspiring subjects including wild roses, poppies, sunflowers, buttercups, dandelions, foxes, ladybugs, bunnies, tigers, peacocks, crows, and more

Created by artist and author Sarah Simon, a.k.a. @themintgardener, this workbook offers a relaxing, hands-on way to learn watercolor one project at a time. Sarah has taught thousands of aspiring artists and is the author of Modern Watercolor Botanicals and the bestselling Watercolor Workbook.

Perfect for complete beginners, hobby artists, and anyone seeking a calming creative screen-free activity, this beautiful watercolor practice book also makes a thoughtful gift for artists, nature lovers, teens, and adults.

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