The Colour Mixing Guide Watercolour Seashore Book

The Colour Mixing Guide Watercolour Seashore Book is a practical, colour-filled guide to mixing beautiful watercolour shades inspired by the coast. Created by award-winning artist and colour-mixing expert Julie Collins, the book features more than 100 watercolour mixes for painting shells, seaweed, coastal plants, fish and other seashore subjects.

Explore 15 varied coastal subjects including mussel shells, coral weed, sea grass, sardines and a blue jellyfish. Each subject in The Colour Mixing Guide Watercolour Seashore Book includes a complete selection of the colours used, with helpful mixing ratios and finished swatches to make recreating each shade easier.

Five subjects are demonstrated step by step, guiding you through the complete process of selecting colours, mixing pigments and developing a finished watercolour painting. Essential techniques including wet into wet, wet on dry, washes and lifting colour are also explored, alongside useful tips for achieving different effects.

The Colour Mixing Guide Watercolour Seashore Book also introduces essential colour theory, including the colour wheel and the differences between pure and mixed pigments. Its handy pocket-sized format makes it a useful reference to keep alongside your watercolour paints, brushes and mixing palette, whether painting at home, in the studio or out exploring the coast.

Key Features:

• More than 100 inspiring watercolour mixes
• Focused on shells, seaweed, coastal plants, fish and seashore subjects
• Features 15 completed coastal paintings
• Includes colour ratios and finished swatches for each subject
• 5 subjects demonstrated step by step from start to finish
• Covers essential colour theory and the colour wheel
• Explores pure and mixed pigments
• Covers wet into wet, wet on dry, washes, lifting and other watercolour techniques
• Includes practical colour mixing tips throughout
• Written by award-winning artist Julie Collins
• Compact format ideal as a studio or on-the-go reference
• Suitable for artists looking to develop confidence in watercolour and colour mixing
• 64 pages
• ISBN 9781800922457