Creative Watercolor and Mixed Media A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Stunning Effects--Play with Gouache, Metallic Paints, Masking Fluid, Alcohol, and More!

In Creative Watercolor and Mixed Media, popular watercolor artist, instructor, and author Ana Victoria Calderon shares her simple step-by-step techniques for painting exciting and colorful motifs by combining watercolor with a variety of other user-friendly materials.

• Start with the essentials—paint, paper, and brushes—then learn about the featured mediums for mixing, including masking fluid, gold leaf, bleach, salt, and alcohol
• Take a step-by-step look at fundamental watercolor techniques
• Learn to paint a variety of striking organic motifs and surface effects, including stirring skies and clouds, sparkling galaxies, flowing oceans, and dazzling crystals
• Find great project ideas for stylish gifts and stationery

Whether you're new to the medium or are looking to add new techniques to your watercolor practice, go grab a brush, paints, and some easy-to-use materials and take a beautiful creative journey with watercolor!

Perfect for all skill levels, the books in the Art for Modern Makers series take a fun, practical approach to learning about and working with paints and other art mediums to create beautiful DIY projects and crafts.

PREFACE
Why Watercolors Are So Great to Mix with Other Mediums
 
1 MIXED MEDIA: WATERCOLOR & MORE
WATERCOLOR
GOUACHE: Adding Opacity to Translucent Watercolors
ALL THAT SHIMMERS: Metallic, Pearlescent & Iridescent Watercolors
SPECIALTY WATERCOLORS: Neon, Multi pigmented & Rare Pigments
INKS
BRUSHES
PAPER
OTHER TOOLS & SUPPLIES
 
2 BASIC TECHNIQUES & BEYOND
WATERCOLOR PROPERTIES
ESSENTIAL WATERCOLOR HOW-TO
EXPERIMENTING WITH MIXED MEDIA
GALLERY OF MIXED MEDIA EXPERIMENTS
 
3. HORIZONS
PREPARING YOUR SURFACE FOR PAINTING SKIES
OPEN SKIES
BILLOWING CLOUDS
OCEAN SUNRISE
LIGHTNING STORM
Project: Message Hidden in the Clouds
 
4. CELESTIAL SKIES
PHASES OF THE MOON
CONSTELLATIONS & COSMIC TEXTURES
SUNS & PLANETS
Project: Outer-Space Collage
 
5. GEMS & CRYSTALS
CRYSTAL SHAPES
AMETHYST CLUSTER
NATURAL EMERALD
LOOSE & EXPERIMENTAL HEALING CRYSTALS
Project: Birthstone Chart
 
6. EARTH & SACRED GEOMETRY
ANCIENT SHAPES
THE SEED OF LIFE
PRESSING FLOWERS & LEAVES
DECORATING PRESSED BOTANICALS
Project: Ultimate Mixed-Media Mandala Masterpiece
 
TEMPLATES
RESOURCES/REFERENCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX