Go with the Flow Painting: Step-by-Step Techniques for Spontaneous Effects in Watercolor - Create Expressive Flowers, Animals, F

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In Go with the Flow Painting, learn how to create beautiful loose and expressive florals, still lifes, motifs, animals, fruits and vegetables, and more in vibrant watercolor with touches of pen and ink. Techniques, tips, inspiration, ideas, and step -by-step lessons for beginners and beyond show how to embrace this flowing style that comes alive on the page. Artist, illustrator, and teacher Ohn Mar Win (Instagram: @ohn_mar_win) guides artists in exploring simple methods of adding lovely pen and ink lines, and provides everything needed to get started painting, including an overview of materials, basic techniques, and a guide to the key characteristics of loose watercolor. Step-by-step lessons offer a deep dive into painting a variety of subjects, such as hot air balloons, forsythia, apples, leaves, ships, and French macarons, allowing artists to improve their skills and develop their own voices. Going with the flow means appreciating watercolor for its exceptional beauty and welcoming its inspired gifts.

Ohn Mar Win is an artist, illustrator, designer, and teacher whose career spans more than 20 years. She's known for her expressive watercolors, and she regularly shares her vibrant sketchbook work with her followers on Instagram. She is a top teacher on the online education platform Skillshare, where she has more than 20 watercolor and illustration classes and over 80,000 students. Ohn Mar has done work for such companies as Unilever, BBC Worldwide, and Cost Plus World Market. She also worked on a UNICEF project to combat childhood malnutrition in Myanmar, where she was born. Ohn Mar lives in Hertfordshire, England. Instagram: @ohn_mar_win Website: ohnmarwin.com

"Beautifully and effectively organized and presented, Go with the Flow Painting is an ideal combination of instructional guide and 'how to' manual that will be of immense interest and value to aspiring artists wanting to work with watercolors." * Midwest Book Review * "This is a wonderful guide for beginners an essential book." * Library Journal Starred Review *