Go with the Flow Painting (Paperback)

Ohn Mar Win

ISBN 10: 0760377723 / ISBN 13: 9780760377727

Published by Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc, 2022

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Paperback. 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: atohn_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. A new, spontaneous approach to watercolor that shows how to paint beautiful loose and expressive florals, fruits and vegetables, animals, travel motifs, and more in vibrant watercolor with touches of pen and ink. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Go with the Flow Painting (Paperback)
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760377723
• ISBN 13: 9780760377727
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Learn how to create beautiful loose and expressive florals, still lifes, motifs, animals, modes of transport, and fruits and vegetables in vibrant watercolor with touches of pen and ink.

In Go with the Flow Painting, author Ohn Mar Win (Instagram: @ohn_mar_win) offers beginner-friendly techniques, tips, and step-by-step lessons that show how to get the most out of these mediums and paint confidently in this captivating style.

Discover a new visual language that renders subjects with soft edges and luminous color. Capture just enough detail to suggest familiar flowers, animals, and objects and allow your unique expression and style to flourish.

Begin with essential supplies and learn the key characteristics of loose watercolor. Practice basic techniques that lay the foundation for this style, such as working wet-on-wet, creating color gradients, layering, and creating shapes. Learn the best way to use brushes, and explore easy methods of working with pen and ink to add striking linework and details.

Step-by-step lessons show how to capture the essence of a subject without worrying about perfectly executing every detail. Learn how to paint captivating hot air balloons, tiger lilies, French macarons, a colorful chameleon, and more. Embracing this flowing approach to watercolor allows you to develop a freer style and create artwork that’s alive and exciting, instead of overworked.

Go with the Flow Painting also features:

• How to mix colors directly on paper to get unique and beautiful effects
• Warm-up exercises to help get into a flow state of mind
• Information on colors and color values, and how best to use them
• Ideas and inspiration for creating cards, invitations, and more

Explore watercolor in a new way that will open up a new world of creativity.

About the Author

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 25 watercolor and illustration classes and over 140,000 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