I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This is such a relaxing and meditative book combining watercolour painting with mindfulness in bite sized lessons. Each of the 21 lessons is easy to follow relaxing and reflects onto your creative side too.

The idea of this book is to start with lesson one and go through it lesson by lesson, but it can be used in any way you want so you can start wherever you want to.

This is a beautiful book and fantastic for mindfulness.

A must-needed inspirational book that inspired me in many other ways besides watercolor! I’ve always loved crafts and creativity, but always felt I wasn’t good enough. This book is amazing. I love her beginner’s mind standpoint! Really love the true-life raw photos because they didn’t look perfectly studio based but looked like real art should look. Very detailed instructions. Step by step, with tools to gather and many photos, but she urges you to make it your own. Really love this book. I kept re-reading the beginning because it fit with so much of life and had so much inspiration that can evolve into everything we do. Highly recommended for anyone interested in watercolor, whether beginner or advanced, and anyone who wants to learn a new art. She gives a daily “lesson” with some really good pointers and made it super fun and much less intimidating to learn watercolor. Now maybe I will finally use those watercolors that I've been storing for so long!

I wasn't inspired after reading this book to use watercolour, to paint or to create. I found the photos and the designs very old fashioned and lacked excitement, novelty or inspiration.

eARC provided by NetGalley , thank you to NetGalley and Quarry Books. All opinions are my own.

A watercolour guide for anyone; spiritual, beginners, someone that wants to paint intuitively – or not! Such a welcoming introduction for those new to watercolour or for those that want to reignite their creativity.

Watercolor Is for Everyone
Standalone
Publish Date: August 18th 2020
Cover Rating: 7/10
Non Fiction – Art

The best part of this is that Kateri tackles all the people that say “I cannot draw” by giving them very basic tools to create something quite beautiful, I feel that this is what people lack, confidence and practice mostly.

I have been felt very depressed about my own creative talents and I have to say that this really lifted my spirits, I could only afford the very cheapest tools (which I also think is a part of the problem in the art world ) but I really enjoyed playing around with this medium.

I did not practice all of the lessons but they were very well explained and very easy and uplifting. I think an experienced artist might like this too as Kateri tries to unlock your creativity in a different way. So it would depend on the artist.

Also it has a real sense of mindfulness as there is mention to give thanks to your tools and things like that but you don’t have to do that.

Overall ,I loved how easy to follow and easy to use the entire book is. Such a wonderful and beautiful guide perfect for yourself and perfect as a gift.

Rating: 4

This book teaches watercolour painting as more of a meditative practise than a practical one. The lessons are practical and straight forward but the focus is more on using this skill for mindfulness. The lessons are quite basic so if you're a complete beginner and interested more in being creative then you will find this useful.

*Review will be posted to blog www.elainehowlin.com on release date

Super pretty book.

It goes over different techniques for achieving several different styles of paintings. It encourages you to know what you want do do and be present in the moment. It is not specifically technical with how to hold your brush or things like that.

I think it is for the intermediate or more advanced watercolor artist in that it doesn't really go over basics. If you're looking to expand your technique and find some new ways of perceiving what you can do with your art, this is for you.

I received a free ARC as a reviewer for NetGalley.

I really love this book! The artwork is stunning and full of inspiration. I thought it would be more tutorial based but the directions are basic and easy to understand but more along the line of inspiring creativity with guidelines on how to get going. I think it is an excellent learning tool for anyone new to watercolors because it gives you the freedom to sit down with a few colors follow the directions and see what happens.

I highly recommend it.

I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for provide me with a digital copy in exchange for my honest review.
Al alcance de cualquiera. Muy entretenido para explorar la creatividad, mas en estos tiempos de pandemia. Recomendado, para los que buscan una actividad creativa de este tipo para relajarse en estos tiempos de estrés y locura. Cada vez disfruto mas de estos libros. Los recomiendo para cualquiera.

This is an excellent book for those just starting out with water colors. I especially LOVE the step-by-step instructions on several paintings, that make it so helpful. I have taught art students grades K-12, and I think this would be a welcome resource in any environment.

Did book provides a different way of introducing watercolor to someone. Many books discuss the multiple techniques of painting with watercolor, such as wet on wet, wet on dry, layering, etc but this book just jumps into lessons and there are a couple where you are not given a "step-by-step" lesson. Even the lessons that are "step-by-step, it's not the traditional method where the artist is informing you which technique you are going to use for each step and if you need to move quickly or not. There is also no talk on color theory, which many books touch on. The lack of techniques and color theory do not keep this from being a great book to have in your watercolor library. Prior to giving this review, I did a few of the lessons and I did enjoy them. I felt like my own creativity was in my artwork and not just duplicating what the artist already created down to line stroke and exact colors. Great book to add to my collection.

This was a very nice book if you are looking for some relaxing and pressure free ideas to help get your started in watercolour painting. Full of great pictures and easy to follow technique, this book shows that anyone can watercolour and have fun.

This is such a unique book! It combines watercolour and mindfulness all in bite sized lessons anyone can take. I really liked that this book wasn't art focus and reduced anxiety of the reader. I breaks the bounds of traditional art books and focused more on cultivating your creativity. But like this book says, you know need to be creative to make good art. The type of projects in this book allegedly take 15 minutes and are meant to do 1 a day. I thought this was great. It takes away any excuse you make have.
While doing some of the exercises, I really felt so peaceful and creative.

This is going to be a great way to learn how to more properly use my watercolours properly. This looks better than paying for a course. This way I can go through myself at my own pace.

A lovely little guide with a very small number of tutorials that are more inspiration than step-by-step lesson. There are paintings of angels here so possibly offensive to those that are staunchly anti-religion.

What a beautiful book, intuitive, with well explained lessons, mindfully written and with appreciation to all creative aspects.

Watercolor is indeed for everyone! Give it a try, be patient and don't be so critical to yourself. Just stick to your creativity and paint.

Thank you NetGalley and thanks to the publisher for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

As much as I love watercolor, and thus try to fall in love with every book on the subject, this is one that I just couldn't sink my teeth into. I couldn't get a feel for this author's art style at all and lessons seemed to have been added randomly without little thought and no build-up. Easier projects are not in the front and harder works aren't in the back like you may expect. Rather, the entire book is done in a way that really has an abstrict feel and then BOOM! realistic feather.. back to abstract.. a touch of Japanese style... and BOOM! paint a picture of people under the light of a full moon.

Really without rhyme or reason, I can't recommend this book.

As in most art books the author discusses the types of brushes, paints and paper. Following the discussion of materials there are 21 lessons. They don’t have to be followed in any particular order. Each chapter encourages the reader/artist to follow their own creativity and take the time to explore the medium. It also discusses the process of mindfulness and well being. The books has a very relaxed feeling. This relaxed feel seems to remove any of the pressure the reader/artist usually feels to be successful.

The photographs are of high quality and the instructions for each lesson are easy to understand. This is a delightful book and is definitely worth a read if watercolors have peaked your interest before.

I would like to thank the author, Quarry Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and give an honest review of this book.

This watercolor book is definitely for beginners. It offers 21 lessons and encourages each student to make time to paint every day. The artist/author
focuses more on the watercolor process than the product. This removes some of the pressure beginning students feel, to be successful.

There is a relaxed feeling about the book. Listening to music while painting is encouraged. Thanking your paints, brushes, and materials before you begin
is a concept that is unfamiliar to me but apparently part of the meditative process.

The author discusses the type and use of brushes, paints, and paper.
This is the first watercolor book that emphasizes the type of paper as most important in painting.

This gentle book is not for everyone. If you want lessons that teach you landscapes, flowers, or portraits, you will need to look elsewhere.

A beautiful book with step-by-step instructions to create watercolour paintings, perfect for beginners as well as more experienced artists. Each project encourages you to follow your own creativity, as well as exploring the medium, and focuses on mindfulness and well being. The photographs are clear and of high quality, and instructions are easy to follow. Recommend for artists at any level.

I love this book. I love art, but often don’t have the creative ideas as to where to start; well there are plenty in here. I love the ideas of using different emotions, meditation, etc. This is a book I’ll be dipping into for a long time.