colour mixing guide to watercolour woodlands

Author: Julie Collins — award-winning artist and colour-mixing expert.


Publisher: Search Press Ltd (UK) — specialist art & craft books publisher.


Pages: 64 pages.


Publication Date: 13 January 2026.



Description:
Create over 100 vibrant watercolor mixes and paint a range of inspiring woodland subjects including trees, fungi, insects and birds with award-winning artist and color-mixing guru Julie Collins.

This colorful, practical book features 15 vibrant and varied woodland subjects including a cherry blossom tree, tiger moth, olive tree, silver birches and a barn owl. All 15 subjects feature a complete list of color mixes used with color ratios and finished swatches for inspiration, and five of the subjects are painted step by step so that you can follow the process of selecting colors, mixing and painting from start to finish.

Discover:
Comprehensive information about colour, including a color wheel and a guide to pure and mixed pigments
Essential watercolor techniques such as painting wet into wet, wet on dry, washes, lifting off and more
15 inspirational paintings with color swatches, 5 shown step by step from start to finish
Useful tips and tricks scattered throughout.