
Watercolor Boot Camp
Strengthen Your Skills and Create Beautiful Paintings in One Month
Page Street Publishing · Print & ebook · January 13, 2026
In this all-in-one guide to watercolor, artist and author of Watercolor Wanderlust Hannah M. Pickerill gives readers all the tools they need to quickly and easily build their painting prowess.
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- Who it’s for
- Thirty lessons pair watercolor fundamentals and experimental techniques with exercises for immediate practice.
- Themes
- Art instruction, Watercolor techniques, Skill development
- Pacing
- Steady
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In this all-in-one guide to watercolor, artist and author of Watercolor Wanderlust Hannah M. Pickerill gives readers all the tools they need to quickly and easily build their painting prowess. In 30 lessons that intuitively build from art essentials to advanced and experimental techniques, Hannah ensures that readers have the understanding necessary to create fantastic paintings.
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Each of the 30 lessons in her book is followed by a step-by-step exercise (or two), allowing readers to immediately practice what they have learned. These lessons cover exactly what an artist needs to know, from overarching topics like color theory, composition and perspective to more specific application techniques, like unique brush strokes, capturing light and reflections, and embracing the transparency unique to watercolor. Each exercise can be completed in about 30 minutes, ensuring that readers can quickly utilize their new found painting tool-belt while also creating a diverse portfolio of standalone subjects, atmospheric landscapes, abstract zentangles, mixed-media watercolor collages, and more. With easy-to-digest lessons and quick-to-complete exercises, this book gives readers everything they need not only to develop their watercolor skills and create a portfolio of 42 paintings; it also teaches them the universal skills necessary to continue creating on their own. This book will have 42 exercises with accompanying beauty and step-by-step photographs.
Watercolor Lessons
Thirty lessons pair watercolor fundamentals and experimental techniques with exercises for immediate practice.
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- Lessons in color theory, composition, and perspective
- Exercises covering brush strokes, light, reflections, and watercolor transparency
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- Step-by-step exercises, each completable in about 30 minutes
- Subjects ranging from landscapes and zentangles to mixed-media collages
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Publisher categories
- Watercolor Techniques
- Authors
- Hannah M. Pickerill
- Publisher
- Page Street Publishing
- Published
- January 13, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Art instruction · Watercolor techniques · Skill development
- Reading lane
- Watercolor Techniques