Painting Happiness: Creativity with Watercolors

Painting Happiness: Creativity with Watercolors

Painting Happiness: Creativity with Watercolors

Painting Happiness: Creativity with Watercolors

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Overview

Combat stress and anxiety and release your own inner creative with this beautiful mindful watercolour book.

In this simple and vibrant guide, hugely popular Instagram muse @TerryRunyan explores the art of watercolour through the lens of mindfulness, presenting activities and projects which you can paint along with as you allow your creative side to flourish.

This watercolour guide is easy and accessible for beginners, as Runyan gently delves into the basics of the artform, starting with simple techniques which you can follow along with, as well as presenting some fun projects ideas for painters to explore.

Alongside beautiful examples of the techniques and styles explored in the book, Runyan also encourages readers to practice mindfulness as they paint, and explores the ways in which art can be used to help improve mental health. Exploring the idea of 'perfectly imperfect watercolours', Runyan places emphasis on self-expression and allowing yourself to make mistakes.

Painting Happiness also includes fun projects for readers to try at home, including:
  • Turning blobs into birds
  • Creating wild hairstyles
  • Experimenting with different prompts to paint at least one thing a day
From technical skills and notes on materials to insight into the creative process, this book has everything you need to start flourishing in watercolour.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780711270565
Publisher: Leaping Hare Press
Publication date: 04/05/2022
Series: Painting Series
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 87,345
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Terry Runyan is a visual artist and creative encourager. After a long career as an in-house illustrator for Hallmark, Terry now runs her own business, creating art and videos, and leading classes at Skillshare to help others explore their creativity. She loves painting cats, cats on heads, big hair, and encouraging imperfectly perfect watercolour. Terry is the author of Draw 62 Animals and Make Them HappyDraw 62 Characters and Make Them HappyPainting Happiness, and Painting Cats. She lives in Leawood, Kansas, with her two creative cats, Tucker and Riley. To learn more about Terry and her work:

Website: terryrunyan.com
Instagram: @terryrunyan
Her popular Instagram hashtag: #catonheadwednesday
YouTube: Terry Runyan
Facebook: @terryrunyancreative
Daily Creating Group on Facebook: @dailycreating

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 Why Create? 10

2 About Watercolors 18

3 What Stops Us 32

4 Mindfulness and Being Present 42

5 Let's Paint! 58

6 When Is It Done? 136

7 Final Thoughts 154

Resources 156

Acknowledgments 158

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