Beautiful Butterflies and Flowers: 20 Step-by-Step No-Sketch Projects on Watercolor Paper

by Chithra Shaan

Overview

Learn the basics of watercolor with this fun, accessible book that includes a watercolor pad with butterfly and botanical drawings you can paint over.

Watercolor This Book: Beautiful Butterflies and Flowers features 20 gorgeous paintings paired with step-by-step instructions for replicating them at home. Paint directly on the watercolor pad with supplied outlines to create beautiful artwork of your own—no sketching required! The beginner-friendly projects teach you all the painting skills you need as you create frame-worthy art. From artist Chithra Shaan (@littleheartcreates) comes this fun, relaxing painting experience.

In Watercolor This Book: Beautiful Butterflies and Flowers, find:
 

• Tutorials detailing each step so that you can paint the projects in the book
• Outlines that can be painted over within the watercolor pad; there's no need to sketch or trace
• Watercolor painting techniques, including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, layering, blooms, and more
• Video tutorials linked via QR codes included within the book
• Fantastical butterflies that shimmer and shine with metallic watercolors 
• Favorite flowers from dahlias to roses, daisies to sunflowers  

If you are new to watercolor painting or looking for a fun, relaxing painting experience, Watercolor This Book: Beautiful Butterflies and Flowers provides your perfect companion by combining an innovative format with painting instruction and a watercolor paper pad with templates.

Whether you are new to watercolor or not, the Watercolor This Book series provides a fun watercolor painting experience with no sketching required. With information on all the basic skills you need to start watercoloring, step-by-step tutorials, and an included watercolor pad with templates, you have everything you need to create frame-worthy art! 

Also in the series: Watercolor This Book: Learn to Watercolor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760391433
Publisher:	Walter Foster Publishing
Publication date:	03/11/2025
Series:	Watercolor This Book
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Chithra Shaan is the artist and creator of Little Heart Creates (littleheartcreates.com) and the popular Instagram and YouTube accounts @littleheartcreates. She has been in love with butterflies, flowers, plants, and nature since she was young. She began painting in 2020 and drew inspiration from her garden and the artistic community she found online. Her detailed, shimmering watercolor art allows her whimsical butterflies to take flight.