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Best Watercolor Art Books for Tutorials and Guidance
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items Let's learn and move forward in your watercolor art journey! Whether you are an advanced artist or just starting out, there are a plethora of wonderful guide books available for every skill level, written by some amazing fellow artists who are so kin... 🎨Disclaimer: This list includes some affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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Watercolor Basics and Techniques
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Flora & Fauna Watercolor Art
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Whimsical & Fantasy Watercolor Illustrations
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Modern Watercolor Art
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Painting Watercolor Landscapes
Watercolor Basics and Techniques
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Great comprehensive book for watercolorists about all the tools, painting techniques and composition.
The Complete Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: A treasury of watercolor secrets discovered through decades of painting and expe rimentation
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Jenna's book is perfect for beginners, including all the basics you need to know to get started and building on these foundations to improve your skills over the course of 30 days.
Everyday Watercolor: Learn to Paint Watercolor in 30 Days
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Lovely interactive workbook to learn all about colors and mixing.
A Field Guide to Color: A Watercolor Workbook
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All of Ana's books are brilliant, for beginners and experienced artists alike! This one on texture techniques is particularly helpful for taking your watercolor art & illustrations to the next level by adding depth and details to your paintings.
Watercolor Textures for Artists: Explore Simple Techniques to Create Amazing Works of Art
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Anna's book is a great resource for all kind of watercolor knowledge, from color mixing to painting common subjects and more.
101 Watercolor Secrets: Essential Insights and Techniques for Painters
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One of the best guides on negative painting.
Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines
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Susan shows her unique approach to painting light in watercolors.
Capturing the Magic of Light in Watercolor
Flora & Fauna Watercolor Art
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Jane's illustrations are truly beautiful, and now you can learn how to paint these, too! With 30 beginner-friendly art tutorials.
Watercolor in the Woods: Paint a Whimsical World of Forest Animals...
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Harriet shows in more than 30 step-by-step projects how to paint flora and fauna, with easy-to-follow instructions for a variety of difficulty levels.
Birds, Bees & Blossoms: A Step-By-Step Guide to Botanical and Animal Watercolour Painting
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Rosalie provides step-by-step instruction on how to paint 20 realistic insects, fungi, birds, botanicals and mammals.
Watercolor in Nature: Paint Woodland Wildlife and Botanicals
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One of the best beginner books to learn painting whimsical forest friends and woodland sceneries.
Watercolor with Me: In the Forest - by Dana Fox
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Another book I'm looking forward to holding in my hands is this stunning watercolor guide book by Rita Gould which will be released in October 2025.
Painting Woodland Watercolors: Learn to Paint Beautiful Mushrooms, Animals, Insects, and Other Forest Wonders
Whimsical & Fantasy Watercolor Illustrations
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I'm so looking forward to the release of Lizzy's magical book! I've always adored her illustrations and can't wait to see & follow her tutorials.
Witchy Watercolor: 75+ Easy Projects for Enchanting Art
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Nassybah shares her intricate watercolor techniques in her upcoming book.
Watercolor Cabinet of Curiosities: Paint Perfectly Peculiar Insects, Antiques and Other Oddities
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Perfect book for expanding your art skill in the fantasy genre, from sketching to painting.
The Fantasy Artroom
Modern Watercolor Art
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Olga's transparent florals combine botanical illustrations with modern watercolor techniques.
How to Paint Transparent Watercolour Flowers
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Sarah provides lessons for every skill level with easy-to-follow instructions.
Modern Watercolor Botanicals: A Creative Workshop in Watercolor, Gouache, & Ink
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Easy and relaxing watercolor projects with clear instructions.
Modern Watercolor Workshop: Learn to Paint Geometric Shapes, Floral Designs & Other Repeat Patterns - A Calm & Creative Approach
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Lisi shows how to use metallic watercolors in your paintings with 20 projects for all skill-levels.
Metallic Watercolor: Create Shimmering Artwork with Metallic Paints - Step-by-Step Projects for Flora, Fauna, Feathers, and More
Painting Watercolor Landscapes
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Kolbie provides comprehensive step-by-step guidance for artists of all levels to capture the vibrant radiance of light in landscape paintings.
Mastering Light in Watercolor: 25 Stunning Projects by Kolbie Blume
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With 24 beginner-friendly projects, covering all kinds of landscapes.
Watercolor Wanderlust: The Ultimate Guide to Painting Beautiful Landscapes
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Great book on adding depth and textures to your landscape paintings.
Creating Textured Landscapes with Pen, Ink and Watercolor