Coastal Scenes in Watercolour: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner

This book is a perfect introduction for beginners, offering a range of illustrated step-by-step tutorials which will show the reader how to paint a variety of different coastal scenes without overloading them with excessive detail.

Watercolor is especially suited for coastal scenes because its translucent washes help to capture the soft, shifting qualities of the oceans and hazy horizons.  This comprehensive beginner’s guide offers the right tools, instructions and inspiration needed to get started and capture these magical scenes.  The book features ten different subjects, each of which are broken down into four easy-to-follow, illustrated stages. Each of these are accompanied by tips, tricks and advice for the different elements of the scene with templates for each to help set up the initial composition. The experience and skills you will build up by working through the book will give you the confidence to paint your very own coastal scenes.

This book is designed to act not only as a guide to painting coastal scenes, but a skill-building introduction to watercolor painting in general, offering information on basic equipment, useful techniques, and sketchbook practice.

Lois Davidson is a watercolor artist with over 40 years of experience. She has been painting professionally since 2020 and was shortlisted for the Jackson's Painting Prize in 2021. She offers painting tutorials and more learning-based watercolor workshops on Patreon, and she runs a popular online art community. She sells her paintings across the world and exhibits her work locally and online.

Morgaine Davidson is an avid creative with a passion for art and wildlife. Since graduating from university with a master’s degree in English & Creative Writing, she has worked in a variety of different mediums, experimenting with combining art and the written word. She has penned articles for Jackson’s Art Blog, and her fiction has been shortlisted for a number of prizes, including the Mslexia Best Women’s Short Fiction Competition 2023. She currently teaches watercolor painting online via YouTube and Patreon, specializing in capturing the liminal beauty of the natural world.

Together, Lois and Morgaine run a successful YouTube channel which boasts over 115,000 subscribers and demonstrates traditional and experimental watercolor techniques.