Watercolor Alchemy

Learn colour theory the simple way, with stunning, relaxing watercolour projects!

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Bring your watercolour art to new depths with this helpful guide to mastering colour theory and applying it to your practice. These beginner-friendly lessons teach you the basics of colour theory through fun and intuitive painting projects, so you can build up your skill with each mini masterpiece you create. And with essential colour recipes that show you how to perfectly mix vibrant, cool and natural tones, you’ll have an arsenal of hues at your disposable to use in the book and beyond.

Agus di Stefano, a watercolour artist who specializes in color theory, uses a unique, meditative approach to help you seamlessly learn this skill. Curated lessons on pigment, the colour wheel, saturation and more give way to relaxing painting projects that reinforce each topic. Make an array of hues, then paint a cheery rainbow that highlights each one. Practice darkening and lightening colors, then get lost in a jungle scene full of different values. Agus’s beautiful art and whimsical style will be a feast for your eyes, and act as the perfect visual guide through this course. With this ingenious book, you’ll unwind as you paint your way to being a color theory master!

This book will have 7 chapters of lessons, 25 painting tutorials and 50 images of scanned art.