Painting Happiness: Creativity with Watercolors

This book provides a beautiful and mindful approach to watercolour painting, featuring activities and projects to help beginners explore the art form and improve their mental health.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 05 April 2022
Publisher: Leaping Hare

Combat stress and anxiety and unleash your inner creative with this stunning mindful watercolour book. In this straightforward and vibrant guide, hugely popular Instagram muse @TerryRunyan delves into the art of watercolour through the lens of mindfulness, presenting activities and projects that you can paint along with as you allow your creative side to flourish. This watercolour guide is easy and accessible for beginners, as Runyan gently delves into the basics of the art form, starting with simple techniques that you can follow along with, as well as presenting some fun project ideas for painters to explore. Alongside beautiful examples of the techniques and styles explored in the book, Runyan also encourages readers to practice mindfulness as they paint, and explores the ways in which art can be used to help improve mental health. Exploring the idea of perfectly imperfect watercolours, Runyan places emphasis on self-expression and allowing yourself to make mistakes. Painting Happiness also includes fun projects for readers to try at home, including: Turning blobs into birds Creating wild hairstyles Experimenting with different prompts to paint at least one thing a day From technical skills and notes on materials to insight into the creative process, this book has everything you need to start flourishing in watercolour.

Weight: 490g
Dimension: 230 x 172 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780711270565