Ana Victoria Calderón's Watercolor Textures for Artists is the perfect resource for new watercolour artists. It is brimming with beautiful visuals and helpful guidance. The author's approach, centred on experimentation and playfulness, inspires artists to have fun with watercolour and expand their creativity.

Kind thanks to NetGalley, Quarry Books, and the author for an advanced reading copy of this gorgeous and inspiring book!

Although I'm not an artist, I found this book very inspiring. It is quite practical and easy to follow. It is very satisfying to do the work of painting with water colours while reading this book.

As a watercolor beginner, I always trying to find guide artbooks to give me introduction also encourage us to trying. Watercolor Textures for Artist offers me basic techniques and insight tips to learn create different visual patterns and also combine them into finished painting.

This book inspiring and also challenging, at least for me. Divide by section, readers will easily found parts appealing to them to learn. Some projects are design to understand your materials and suitable techniques. The illustration and photographs enriches the lesson and clearly describes the explanation.

I would love to recommend this book to watercolor enthusiasts and anyone who interested to learn.

Thank you to Netgalley and Quarry Books Publisher from Quarto Publishing Group for providing copy of this ebook. I have voluntarily read and reviewed it. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Expecting Publication : 5 March 2024

This is a lovely book with lots of pattern inspiration for watercolor painting. Fun for all stages of artists.

This was a very useful book for me as I am working my way though an art course. The instructions were very easy to follow and the photographs were very useful and clear. A new author to me but I am sure to try more from this author. Excellent book.

This was a beautiful and inspiring book. I enjoyed it playing with the different techniques and found them to be very helpful in practicing my watercolor.

I love all of this artist's books, and this one is no exception! With beautiful images and easy step-by-step instructions, it's perfect for anyone who's interested in learning different watercolour techniques. All of her books are unique, and each one is a joy to read and learn from. I can't wait for my physical copy to arrive! Highly recommend.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the ARC.

A great resource for budding watercolor artists. So much good information and helpful pictures. Great addition to our collection.

With beautiful textured watercolour examples on every page, this book is impressive and will provide lots of inspiration for you if you are considering experimenting with some new techniques. In the first part of the book, there are many illustrative images and textual descriptions that show you how to make various patterns and textures with watercolour. Later, the book shows you how to combine these designs to make more complex scenes and landscapes. The line templates for these sampler pieces are included. Being a beginner I want to see videos of these techniques because I can't visualize the behaviour of the paint while reading the book. However, the book has a lot of text that gives specific instructions and uses descriptive language about the kind of brush, the strokes, and the paint. Tutorial videos often lack this kind of detail. So, this book would be a nice addition to your resource collection if you are learning to paint because it provides new vocabulary and practice ideas.

As a timid and yet enthusiastic watercolor painter, WATERCOLOR TEXTURES FOR ARTISTS by Ana Victoria Calderón provided valuable guidance and inspiring motivation to challenge, explore, and develop my skills. In clear, forthright prose and step by step instructions that encouraged me to dare further. Ultimately, this guide is a wonderful, authoritative read. While I am a rank amateur, I imagine more experienced and proficient watercolorists would also gain a great deal from it. I received a copy of the book and these opinions are my own, unbiased thoughts.

Excellent, approachable book on how to paint with watercolors.

So many watercolor and art how to books start out with difficult exercises. This one breaks down a variety of techniques into easy steps. It is a beautiful book to look at as well.

Despite having received a free ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, I purchased a physical copy for myself. Highly, highly recommend!

What a beautiful book! I'm not a watercolour painter by any means but even I could produce some decent artwork with the tips and instructions shown in this book!
The introduction is great and the information on the types of watercolour products and brushes. The activities are very simple and instructions easy to follow. I was surprised at the amazing results you can get by just simply layering the paint or using everyday supplies to make a difference to the overall look.
My personal favourites were the tie-dye swirl wet on wet painting and the tranquility stones.
This read couldn't have come at a better time as I have started teaching Primary school art and my 5/6 students will LOVE learning some of these techniques.
5 stars from me!
Thanks to Netgalley and the author and publisher for a temporary copy in exchange for an honest review.

A wonderful fresh take on watercolors. Even though I've been painting watercolors for years, I always look to learn new things and experiment. And this book was perfect for that. Lots of fun.

An excellent companion to any watercolour artist, I loved its simple and straightforward index on how to achieve different textures in a medium that most people don't realize can be so versatile! Very informative, thanks for letting me read it!

Absolutely brilliant book can’t wait to try out some of these ideas and techniques.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

Watercolor Textures for Artists is a fantastic resource for watercolourists of all skill levels.

The book opens with basic watercolour theory - brush management, wet/dry techniques, transparency, layering and mixed media effects before diving into the textures themselves.

Each technique and texture swatch has an accompanying tutorial and clear, step by step images to guide you in creating the different designs. There is a section of "inspo" section has colour swatches and a sample of the "real" and the painted effects, and sections on using textures to create a mindful practice or fantastical worlds. All of the text is clearly written, and the photographs / illustrations are clear and uncluttered.

This is a beautiful book, and I'd highly recommend it.

~ Many thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review~

This is a great guide to creating textures with your watercolors. With different methods and techniques, this is a comprehensive guide for varying textures.

The idea of trying watercolour painting is rather daunting when working out where to start! This book is a great introduction and I really like the simple approach and bitesize practice pieces. There are plenty of examples and also lots of guidance. I found it inspiring and can't wait to give it a go. Thank you to Net Galley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I am a new watercolorist and every lesson in this book helps to improve the basics and refresh learned skills. There are many great fundamental practices and also a great introduction to the necessary supplies for a watercolorist.

Thank you Net Galley for this Advanced Reader's Copy.

Easy to follow instructions, amazing projects for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Just grab your paints and brushes, sit leisurely and start following the tips of the book.
You will be thrilled how quickly you will finish your best-ever pictures.