Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Tools & Materials 1
Preparing to Paint 13
Watercolor Basics
Day 1 Color Theory 22
Day 2 Painting Techniques 30
Day 3 Layers & Details 39
Leaves
Day 4 Lemon Leaf 48
Day 5 Olive Leaf 52
Day 6 Silver Dollar Eucalyptus Leaf 54
Day 7 Ginkgo Biloba Leaf 56
Day 8 Fern 58
Day 9 Leaf Pattern 62
Flowers
Day 10 Rose 68
Day 11 Anemone 71
Day 12 Hypericum Berries 74
Day 13 Floral Arrangement 76
Day 14 Peony 79
Day 15 Ranunculus 82
Day 16 Craspedia Globosa (Billy Button) 85
Day 17 Full-Page Floral Piece 87
Day 18 Tulip 91
Day 19 Icelandic Poppy 93
Day 20 Gerbera Daisy 96
Day 21 Floral Flat Lay 99
Tropical Plants
Day 22 Monstera 102
Day 23 Bird-of-Paradise 106
Day 24 Fan Palm 110
Day 25 Caladium 112
Day 26 Tropical Leaf Arrangement 114
Desert Plants
Day 27 Prickly Pear 118
Day 28 Saguaro Cactus 122
Day 29 Echeveria 124
Day 30 Aloe Vera 126
You Did It! 129
Resources 130
Acknowledgments 132
Index 133
About the Author 134