Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Animals Watercolour: Build Your Skills with Quick & Easy Painting Projects

Are you short on time but want to learn how to paint animals in watercolour? This beginner’s watercolour painting book offers exercises ideal for a 6 x 4 watercolour pad, plus 3 full-size projects – all of which can be completed in just 30 minutes. This comprehensive beginner’s guide to painting animals and birds in watercolour is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time. Each of the 29 quick-and-easy exercises is worked at postcard size – ideal for a 6 x 4in (A6) watercolour pad – and takes no more than 30 minutes to complete. The book also includes 3 larger paintings that demonstrate how to combine the elements you have learned into a painting of a King Charles spaniel, a snow leopard and a hummingbird. Outline drawings of all the exercises and paintings in the book are provided on tracing paper for you to transfer straight onto your watercolour paper. • Learn how to portray realistic beaks, claws, fur and feathers, and how to capture a pet's personality in watercolour. • Discover how to depict domestic and wild animals and birds close-up, or in a landscape setting. • Master colour mixing, creating neutrals, mark-making and creating highlights and shadows. “This is a genuinely exciting evolution of a popular series. You’ll be guided through some simple exercises and on to complete paintings, gaining valuable insights that will develop and improve your skills.” – Artbookreview.net Learn to paint watercolour animals and birds – in just 30 minutes! – using over 30 step-by-step exercises complete with helpful tracings. Includes small-scale projects for 6 x 4 watercolour pads, plus 3 full-size paintings! Are you short on time but want to learn how to paint animals in watercolour? This beginner’s watercolour painting book offers exercises ideal for a 6 x 4 watercolour pad, plus 3 full-size projects – all of which can be completed in just 30 minutes. Inside, you’ll find step-by-step guidance on: Basic watercolour techniques Painting key features to capture animal personality Painting textures and markings like life-like feathers and fur Painting animal portraits from photographs and life Painting animals in landscapes, including fields, woodlands, and more 3 full-size painting projects: King Charles Spaniel; Snow Leopard; Hummingbird Tracings for each watercolour painting – no drawing necessary! Among the bird and animal species Matthew Palmer includes in this title are: parrot, cat, dog and puppy, sheep and lamb, zebra, stag, cow, swan, flamingo, elephant, penguin, robin, giraffe, snow leopard, ram, rabbit, meerkat, monkey, rooster and tiger. Each project is designed to cover a certain watercolour technique, making this the perfect crash course for beginners or artists looking to develop their skills.