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Moira Clinch is a watercolor artist and urban sketcher. The author of the companion art titles Start Here: Draw and Start Here: Paint, she is also the author of two books on watercolor painting, including The Watercolor Painter’s Pocket Palette, which sold more than half a million copies. She has worked as a creative director in the publishing industry for more than 25 years, and her own artwork has been exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and featured in several books. She lives in London.
<p>"Excellent for readers who have no experience with painting. This highly recommended book includes specific details, common painting techniques, and lists of tools and resources that are clear and easy to follow."</p>
Library Journal STARRED Review
Start Here: Paint gives you exciting prompts for kick-starting an artistic practice centered on painting. By exploring how simple brushstrokes and splashes can be repeated to create more intricate images and patterns, Start Here: Paint builds up your understanding of shape, color, and technique without intimidating jargon or theory.
- Paint Play. Experiment with fearless mark-making ideas that can be achieved in a few minutes to an hour or so using a variety of mediums, including watercolor, gouache, and acrylic.
- Colorworks. Understand and master choosing and using colors, from putting together a palette to mixing the colors you want.
- Shapes and Shadows. Learn how to observe these important visual elements, then translate them into paint using ideas that will help you hone your skills.
- Make It Your Own. Building on the techniques learned in the first three chapters, develop your own creative path by exploring a range of styles, from painting patterns with simple motifs to trying a more realistic approach. In addition to creating original wall art, apply your newfound skills to the many Takeaway ideas offered throughout for gifts and home décor items.
With Start Here: Paint as your fresh, fun creative companion, you’ll learn how to paint and never want to stop.
Start Here: Paint is a companion title to Start Here: Draw, which guides you through the basics of drawing and sketching through 50 fun and inspiring exercises.
For anyone who’s ever wished they could paint but doesn’t know where to begin, Start Here: Paint offers 50 progressive, themed art activities that develop skills and confidence.
1. START HERE
Take a few straight lines
Just add some more lines
Paint fun
Brushstroke creatures
Splash
Dots, spots, or scribbles
Take a few curved lines
Curvy flowers
Takeaway: Mug
Feathery curves
Wavy lines, spirals & loops
Takeaway: Mouse mat
One simple continuous line
Flying fish
Paisley pattern shapes
2. PAINT PLAY
Brushstrokes
Washes
Painted butterfly
Spots & splashes
Painting shapes
Create your own tartan
Takeaway: Tartan gift tags
Washy watercolour
Soft blurry flowers
3. COLOR FULL
Your paint colors
More than one red
Sunny yellow emoji
Takeaway: Paint your own emoji
Get the blues
Takeaway: Ceramic wall art
Great greens
Neutral colours
Boring brown?
Whiteout
Perfect snowflake
4. TAKE IT FROM HERE
Start a sketchbook
Sketch, paint, then eat
Recipe cards
Takeaway: Best chocolate cake
Perfect pasta
Pixel pets
Decorative birds
Takeaway: Bird mobile
Play with pattern
Border patterns
Woof woof
Takeaway: Dog portrait
Drawing nothing
Flower painting
Flower motifs
Day of the Dead mask
Takeaway: Make it
3D Pattern workshop
Try some triangles
Geometric pattern collage
Wish you were here
Takeaway: Post card
People watching and sketching
Celebrate your friends and family
5. STUFF
Scan it
Repeat it/different formats, cards tags, concertina/calendar
Get it printed
Your “pin it” library
The picture gallery
Put it on social media
MAKING ART IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH: Engaging in creative activities has been shown to lower stress, increase your attention span, and lift your mood, as well as help turn off an overthinking brain.
EASY ENTRÉE TO CREATIVITY: Fifty simple, inspiring activities help unlock creativity and incorporate an artistic spark into the everyday.
SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR PAINTINGS: Includes “takeaways” for innovative ways that art can be displayed, made into gifts, or used to create a library of references to decorate your workspace.
PERFECT FOR: Absolute beginners; anyone who’s ever wished they could paint but has no idea how or where to begin.
<p>"Excellent for readers who have no experience with painting. This highly recommended book includes specific details, common painting techniques, and lists of tools and resources that are clear and easy to follow."</p>
Library Journal STARRED Review
Start Here: Paint gives you exciting prompts for kick-starting an artistic practice centered on painting. By exploring how simple brushstrokes and splashes can be repeated to create more intricate images and patterns, Start Here: Paint builds up your understanding of shape, color, and technique without intimidating jargon or theory.
- Paint Play. Experiment with fearless mark-making ideas that can be achieved in a few minutes to an hour or so using a variety of mediums, including watercolor, gouache, and acrylic.
- Colorworks. Understand and master choosing and using colors, from putting together a palette to mixing the colors you want.
- Shapes and Shadows. Learn how to observe these important visual elements, then translate them into paint using ideas that will help you hone your skills.
- Make It Your Own. Building on the techniques learned in the first three chapters, develop your own creative path by exploring a range of styles, from painting patterns with simple motifs to trying a more realistic approach. In addition to creating original wall art, apply your newfound skills to the many Takeaway ideas offered throughout for gifts and home décor items.
With Start Here: Paint as your fresh, fun creative companion, you’ll learn how to paint and never want to stop.
Start Here: Paint is a companion title to Start Here: Draw, which guides you through the basics of drawing and sketching through 50 fun and inspiring exercises.
For anyone who’s ever wished they could paint but doesn’t know where to begin, Start Here: Paint offers 50 progressive, themed art activities that develop skills and confidence.
1. START HERE
Take a few straight lines
Just add some more lines
Paint fun
Brushstroke creatures
Splash
Dots, spots, or scribbles
Take a few curved lines
Curvy flowers
Takeaway: Mug
Feathery curves
Wavy lines, spirals & loops
Takeaway: Mouse mat
One simple continuous line
Flying fish
Paisley pattern shapes
2. PAINT PLAY
Brushstrokes
Washes
Painted butterfly
Spots & splashes
Painting shapes
Create your own tartan
Takeaway: Tartan gift tags
Washy watercolour
Soft blurry flowers
3. COLOR FULL
Your paint colors
More than one red
Sunny yellow emoji
Takeaway: Paint your own emoji
Get the blues
Takeaway: Ceramic wall art
Great greens
Neutral colours
Boring brown?
Whiteout
Perfect snowflake
4. TAKE IT FROM HERE
Start a sketchbook
Sketch, paint, then eat
Recipe cards
Takeaway: Best chocolate cake
Perfect pasta
Pixel pets
Decorative birds
Takeaway: Bird mobile
Play with pattern
Border patterns
Woof woof
Takeaway: Dog portrait
Drawing nothing
Flower painting
Flower motifs
Day of the Dead mask
Takeaway: Make it
3D Pattern workshop
Try some triangles
Geometric pattern collage
Wish you were here
Takeaway: Post card
People watching and sketching
Celebrate your friends and family
5. STUFF
Scan it
Repeat it/different formats, cards tags, concertina/calendar
Get it printed
Your “pin it” library
The picture gallery
Put it on social media
MAKING ART IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH: Engaging in creative activities has been shown to lower stress, increase your attention span, and lift your mood, as well as help turn off an overthinking brain.
EASY ENTRÉE TO CREATIVITY: Fifty simple, inspiring activities help unlock creativity and incorporate an artistic spark into the everyday.
SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR PAINTINGS: Includes “takeaways” for innovative ways that art can be displayed, made into gifts, or used to create a library of references to decorate your workspace.
PERFECT FOR: Absolute beginners; anyone who’s ever wished they could paint but has no idea how or where to begin.