I have genuinely never painted. Is this too advanced?

No — it assumes nothing. Exercise one is a single flat wash in one colour, and the workbook does not introduce a second colour until you have done it. Every exercise shows the finished result first, so you always know what you are aiming for.

What paints and brushes do I need?

Any pan set and two brushes — a round size 8 and a smaller size 4. The workbook names the colours it uses in a mixing chart, but every exercise works with whatever set you already own.

What paper should I print on?

Anything 200gsm or heavier, cold-press if you can get it. The PDF is 300 DPI and single-sided, so a home printer gives you a paintable surface. Lighter paper will cockle once it is wet.

How is this different from a coloring book?

A coloring book gives you outlines to fill in. A workbook teaches a technique: you get the finished painting to work towards, the same painting broken into its washes in order, and a printed base to paint over. You end up able to paint the subject without the book.

What do the packs cost?

$9.99 for the 10-exercise Starter, $19.99 for the 30-exercise Workbook, and $39.99 for the Complete set with 60+ exercises and a commercial licence for KDP and Etsy.

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Your first honest wash.

Most beginners quit at the same place: the second layer, when the first one was not dry and the whole thing turned to mud. This workbook is built around that moment. Six techniques, taught in the order they actually depend on each other, each one with a finished painting to aim at and a printed base so you are painting from the first minute.

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Watercolor technique swatches — a flat wash, a graded wash and a wet-on-wet bloom, with brush and water jar

N° 01The six

Six techniques, then everything else.

Nothing in watercolor is new after these. The rest is subject matter.

Flat & graded wash

One even tone, then one that fades. The two moves under every sky, every wall, every shadow you will ever paint.

Wet-on-wet

Colour dropped into water and allowed to travel. Where watercolor stops looking like colouring-in and starts looking like watercolor.

Dry brush & lifting

Texture on rough paper, and how to take paint back off once it is down — the technique nobody teaches beginners and everybody needs.

N° 02How a workbook works

Not a coloring book. A lesson you paint.

Every beginner exercise arrives in three parts, so you are never staring at a blank page wondering where to start.

The finished painting

You see where you are going before you start — the completed piece, printed at full size, so you can match value and edge as you work.

The washes, in order

The same painting broken into its stages: first wash, second wash, detail. You paint one layer, let it dry, and turn the page.

A base to paint on

A light printed guide on the facing page. Paint straight onto it, or use it as a drawing reference on your own paper.

N° 03Made to be painted on

Laid out for wet media.

Every page is single-sided, so water never buckles the exercise on the back. Margins are wide enough to tape down, the printed guide lines are pale enough to vanish under a wash, and the whole file is 300 DPI so a home printer gives you a usable surface. Print on any 200gsm+ cold-press and it behaves like a proper block.

N° 04Investment

Pick your pack

Starter

$9.99

10 exercises — enough to learn the technique and decide if the series suits you.

10 painting exercises
Finished reference painting for each
Printable line base to paint over
300 DPI PDF · A4 + US Letter
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Workbook

$19.99

30 exercises — the full progression, from first wash to finished piece. The usual choice.

30 painting exercises
Finished reference painting for each
Printable line base to paint over
Colour-mixing chart for the palette used
300 DPI PDF · A4 + US Letter
Personal use licence

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Complete

$39.99

60+ exercises — every subject in the series, plus the licence to sell what you make from it.

60+ painting exercises
Every reference painting and line base
Colour-mixing charts for all palettes
300 DPI PDF · A4 + US Letter
Commercial licence for KDP & Etsy

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N° 05Questions

The answers we give most often.

I have genuinely never painted. Is this too advanced?: No — it assumes nothing. Exercise one is a single flat wash in one colour, and the workbook does not introduce a second colour until you have done it. Every exercise shows the finished result first, so you always know what you are aiming for.
What paints and brushes do I need?: Any pan set and two brushes — a round size 8 and a smaller size 4. The workbook names the colours it uses in a mixing chart, but every exercise works with whatever set you already own.
What paper should I print on?: Anything 200gsm or heavier, cold-press if you can get it. The PDF is 300 DPI and single-sided, so a home printer gives you a paintable surface. Lighter paper will cockle once it is wet.
How is this different from a coloring book?: A coloring book gives you outlines to fill in. A workbook teaches a technique: you get the finished painting to work towards, the same painting broken into its washes in order, and a printed base to paint over. You end up able to paint the subject without the book.
What do the packs cost?: $9.99 for the 10-exercise Starter, $19.99 for the 30-exercise Workbook, and $39.99 for the Complete set with 60+ exercises and a commercial licence for KDP and Etsy.

N° 06Other watercolor workbooks

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