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Watercolor Made Easy: Fairies & Fantasy: Learn to paint the enchanted world of fairies, angels, and mermaids

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I ordered these books just before christmas & receive them in time for christmas. My daughter is a new artist (and getting better) that needed new books to show her to draw things a little easier, & new ideas too. She loves the ideas it gives her & ways to do things too. A good book for her startup collection.

Even though manga style isn't the style I work in, I have found this book to be a wonderful reference.

I've often found that the best books on watercolor technique aren't the generic ones, but ones concerning a certain subject. Meredith's technique is soft, subtle and rich, a type not usually represented in the average watercolor book. Best of all, she isn't imposing her style onto the reader, but offers a jumping off point. How-to art books so very often merely show how to paint like the author, very rarely does one come along that teaches inspiration and how to find it in practical ways.

Even if an artist is not quite up to Meredith's drawing ability, this book is worth going through for its ideas and techniques. This is especially good for aspiring young artists.

I purchased this book for my daughter last year, she was 8 years old and she loves it! She has a talent for drawing and watercolor and has used this book to help her tune into her art! One of the fairies she created using this book won her 1st place in the MN State Fair! She uses this book everyday to reference ideas like eyes, color and composition!I would recommened it for any one who wants to learn the art of manga!

This book has 62 pages of beautiful manga-style artwork. It's a very good reference when you're out of ideas. it gives plenty of examples on different eyes, wings, mermaid tails, clothing and fairy types. It also gives a good tutorial on how to draw the body in frontal view and the head in frontal and side view. For fairy homes and dwellings, there is only one page, but you can always use your references and imagination. Another thing I hoped was in the book was how to draw hairstyles, but as i said before, you can find references. I also liked how the book gives you ideas on how to be aware of the composition(layout)and how to improve it. The color theory section is a great part of the book as well. It gives you a nice color wheel and examples of different color schemes to try out. Pages 18-62 are dedicated to 12 step by step projects to try on your own. For each project it provides an inked layout to trace or scan and the colors used for painting; However, you are free to choose whatever colors you like and, you can alter the layout to give it your own look once you've traced it.