This exciting new title from best-selling author and artist Jane Betteridge explores how to create stunning abstract watercolor and mixed media art on canvas. The book contains short practical projects along with a comprehensive techniques section, three step-by-step projects, and is dotted throughout with Jane's sumptuous and inspirational finished artworks. The book encourages an experimental, semi-abstract approach to painting the natural landscape,...

"Artist Molly Hashimoto presents 45 major species of trees found in different bioregions of the western United States, illustrated in a variety of artistic styles"---Publisher's description. "For many of us, trees are so ubiquitous that we often take them for granted. But if we observe them more intentionally, we realize the trees that offer welcome shade on a hot day or shelter from an unexpected storm can also provide sustenance for the soul. and...