Learning to paint relaxing watercolours is a nice way to spend the time, over reading upsetting news or watching junk TV. Moving meditation in action, you could even create a little cottage industry, to work from home. Here are books to show you how.
Use with vegan watercolour paints and brushes, and recycled art paper. For drawing, use recycled pencils.
Respect space of wildlife. If photographing birds to draw, don’t use flash cameras (this can stress or kill), stay well away (from birds and nests), use zoom lenses and don’t make noises or flash lights (never play birdsong, it can confuse and attract predators).
How to Paint It! is a book of six lesson steps to paint 100 easy masterpieces from animals and botanicals, to food and drink. From first washes to final details, these quick and fun projects are designed to help you unwind, and require no drawing skills, just trace the outlines and jump straight into the painting.
Watercolour for the Soul shows how to create relaxing art with projects from gift tags and bokmarks to small and larger art to display in your home, or give as gifts.
Ink and Watercolour is a practical book by a seasoned watercolour teaching, helping you to build your skills over 30 days, to create stunning ink and wash drawings. The book includes 30 projects.
Watercolour in the Woods offers beginner-friendly tutorials of Beatrix Potter style cottagecore art, from pencil sketches to charming art projects like peacock butterflies, wild strawberries and field mice. Includes 30 projects.
