One Watercolor a Day: A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity Using Watercolor, Pattern, and Design

by Veronica Lawlor

Spark new ideas and increase your creativity with One Watercolor a Day . This enchanting art book contains six weeks' worth of daily watercolor paintings and exercises to help you cultivate your imagination and develop your style. Each day will bring you a new painting by one of eight professional illustrators and includes a description of the work, helpful comments by the artist, and a companion exercise that encourages you to put brush to paper to create your own works of art. Uncover new techniques and solutions, and get valuable advice on how to approach and execute your own artwork. Professional tips throughout the book will broaden your knowledge on watercolor painting. One Watercolor a Day brings the world of watercolor painting to your paintbrush and is sure to become a motivational and inspirational book in your personal library.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Crafts

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

An illustrator and educator, Veronica Lawlor is the president of the Studio 1482 illustration and design collective, in New York City. The author of several books, including One Drawing A Day and One Watercolor a Day, which will be released in December 2013. She is a reportage artist who gives workshops worldwide through Dalvero Academy, which she co-founded. Veronica is also on the faculty of Pratt Institute and Parsons the New School for Design.

Reviews

[Elizabeth A · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really fun way to explore ways to play with watercolors. The book has some great exercises, and examples of how various artists capture the same subject.

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun, albeit abstract, series of 42 watercolor prompts to work through over a 6 week period. Not all of them are bangers, but I love the focus on the study rather than the result.

[Kayley · Rating 2 out of 5]

The artist has a unique style and offers a way of learning different watercolor techniques. Very abstact.

[Ann · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good practice inspiration book for artists to encourage daily painting. Lots of sketchy styles of watercolor.

[Tammy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The ideas are cool and the artwork is lovely but there isn't enough instructional info. I will explore to find more work from the contributing artists but I don't think there was enough to this book.

[Reuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good exercises. Inspiring.