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Snow, which is mostly blue.
Beginners paint snow by leaving the paper empty, and it never reads as snow — it reads as unpainted paper. Snow is convincing only when the shadows in it are right: cool blue-violet where the sky reflects, warm grey where it does not. This workbook is a study of cold light and the shapes it makes.
N° 01Cold palettes
The shadow does the work.
Every exercise is really about the blue, not the white.
01
Snow & shadow
Drifts, tracks and the shadow a bare tree throws across them. Where the palette is decided.
02
Bare branches
Winter trees without leaves — pure structure, and the best drawing practice in any of the sets.
03
Cold light & mist
Low sun through fog and frost on glass, where everything softens and the values compress.
N° 02How a workbook works
Not a coloring book. A lesson you paint.
Every winter exercise arrives in three parts, so you are never staring at a blank page wondering where to start.
01
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.
02
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.
03
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
- Instant download
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
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
N° 05Questions
The answers we give most often.
- How do you paint snow if the paper is already white?
- You paint the shadows. Snow reads as snow because of the cool blue-violet in its shadow shapes — leave the paper bare and it just looks unpainted. The first exercises are entirely about shadow colour.
- What palette does the winter set use?
- A cool, limited one — usually three colours, built around a blue-violet shadow mix. Every exercise names its mixes so you can match them from your own pans.
- Are there holiday scenes in this set?
- No. It is a seasonal painting set — snow, bare trees, frost, mist and cold light. No holiday subjects.
- 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
Start your book
Paint the shadow, get the snow.
Download the winter workbook and print it — 300 DPI, single-sided, one cold palette throughout.