<b>Improve your skills, explore new techniques, and immerse yourself in the joy of watercolor painting!</b><p></p>Watercolor painting is a popular and satisfying art form that offers vibrant, luminous results, encourages spontaneity, and rewards creativity. Though it may present challenges for beginners, these are valuable opportunities to enhance your skills and grow as an artist.<p></p>In <i>101 Watercolor Secrets</i>, painter, illustrator, and teacher Anna Bucciarelli shares invaluable knowledge from years of experience. This book is packed with insights, techniques, and tips that will enhance your skills, no matter where you are on your watercolor journey. Each topic is accompanied by clear explanations, instructions, and visual examples of Anna's beautiful work.<p></p>You'll learn all about: <p></p>- Using Watercolor Tools: Gain a deeper understanding of papers, brushes, watercolor mediums, and other essential tools.<p></p>- Color Mixing: Master hues and color mixing for greenery, skin tones, and beyond.<p></p>- Building Your Palette: Curate a palette that reflects your unique style and artistic vision.<p></p>- Mastering Core Techniques: Learn wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, lifting, glazing, underpainting, and more.<p></p>- Overcoming Common Challenges: Learn how to avoid overpainting, control water flow, achieve crisp edges, and balance tonal values with confidence.<p></p>- Painting Popular Subjects: Discover the secrets to painting flowers, birds, fur, skin tones, and white