A beautifully illustrated book, with some step by step projects and a lot of the usual blurb about astrology, with a little about the moon. A nice beginners info at the beginning about tools etc, which is great. If you are after a book with a lot of watercolor info and instruction, then maybe this isn't the book for you. However I liked the book, I loved how beautiful it looks, and how it can give some inspiration and some projects.

Definitely more for someone who has had a decent amount of practice in Watercolor as the direction are not exactly step-by-step. At the same time, it would make an awesome gift for someone who is into astrology or astronomy and also loves watercolors.

I found Celestial Watercolor directions easy to follow and there are so many different ones to choose.

Celestial Watercolor is a short and informative book. It gives helpful techniques and advice. Handy for those interested in watercolors.

I’d put this book somewhere between inspirational and step-by-step instructional. It’s full of tips. The book is broken up into 4 parts:
1. Tools and techniques gives you a basic primer on watercolors, pencils, pens, papers and the like that you will want to have handy. While not in depth, it’s a good list for beginners.

2. Astrological signs - just what it sounds like. The astrological signs in beautiful sky paintings. Most don’t include instructions, instead focusing on describing the signs. There are two painting tutorials in this section.

3. The moon - Some mythological info and phases are the main focus here. There are many examples of moon paintings here. There are also two tutorials in this section.

4. Seasonal Night Sky Landscapes - This section has a painting with tutorials for different season variations.

I definitely feel like I got my inspiration than instruction in this one, but it’s all super pretty, so I’m okay with that. There’s enough tips to make something like what you find in the pages.

This book has a beautiful cover and some beautiful paintings in it. The main focus of the book however, seems to be describing astrological signs, and moons. It would be very nice if you into those things. There is limited watercolor instructions.

There are a few projects, and the author does a good job of mentioning what tools are used, even the brush sizes. The pictures however jump from white piece of paper with pencil sketch to completely covered in washes. There was no template or descriptions of the actual constellations either. I attached the picture I painted, where I copied the constellation pattern from one of the sample images.

I received a digital ARC of the book from #netgallery for a review.

Overall, gorgeous inspiration but a little lacking in instruction

What a beautiful book! I gained a great deal of inspiration from it. It's light on technique, but the images are lovely and the information is interesting. I will most likely buy a copy for my own collection.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

This fun and colourful approach to art is perfect for creative people who are in to all things related to the zodiac. It includes a basics to water colour skills and techniques.

This is a delightful book on painting skies in watercolour, not a big book, but certainly big on information and instructions. Wonderful colour examples and techniques, including the stars of the zodiac, phases of the moon and seasons. Something very different in from other watercolour books.

This book is filled with beautiful illustrations and helpful step by step instructions! "Celestial Watercolor" would be good for beginner or intermediate watercolor artists.


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