I am a fairly experienced art teacher, artist and gallery member show director. I purchased the book “Fearless Watercolor for Beginners” about 2 years ago in order to get some fresh ideas for my watercolor class of mixed level military family artists aged 5 – adult. I was immediately impressed with the variety of new techniques I could explore, especially the ones involving Yupo, with my students! I was very pleased to find ideas that were fairly simple, yet unusual, and adaptable to the various skill levels. I enjoyed reading about Sadrine’s use of gouache with watercolor, especially pertaining to backgrounds, the unconventional approach to composition for portraits, and the use of zentangle designs for backgrounds. I have also used this book to inspire my private teenage art student numerous times with a variety of mixed media techniques in our weekly lessons. I can’t tell you how often this has been my go to book for resource and ideas. It is written with excellent technique descriptions in clear language, on a page or two with fine painting examples included. I will continue to refer to it on a regular basis, and no doubt will find more gems to utilize! “Fearless Watercolor for Beginners” is a unique and thoroughly enjoyable book, not just for beginners, but useful for watercolor and watermedia artists of all skill levels!
Visual Artist