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For anyone who’s ever wished they could paint but doesn’t know where to begin,
Start Here: Paint offers 50 progressive, themed art activities that develop skills and confidence.
List of contents
INTRODUCTION
1. START HERE
Take a few straight lines
Just add some more lines
Paint fun
Brushstroke creatures
Splash
Dots, spots, or scribbles
Take a few curved lines
Curvy flowers
Takeaway: Mug
Feathery curves
Wavy lines, spirals & loops
Takeaway: Mouse mat
One simple continuous line
Flying fish
Paisley pattern shapes
2. PAINT PLAY
Brushstrokes
Washes
Painted butterfly
Spots & splashes
Painting shapes
Create your own tartan
Takeaway: Tartan gift tags
Washy watercolour
Soft blurry flowers
3. COLOR FULL
Your paint colors
More than one red
Sunny yellow emoji
Takeaway: Paint your own emoji
Get the blues
Takeaway: Ceramic wall art
Great greens
Neutral colours
Boring brown?
Whiteout
Perfect snowflake
4. TAKE IT FROM HERE
Start a sketchbook
Sketch, paint, then eat
Recipe cards
Takeaway: Best chocolate cake
Perfect pasta
Pixel pets
Decorative birds
Takeaway: Bird mobile
Play with pattern
Border patterns
Woof woof
Takeaway: Dog portrait
Drawing nothing
Flower painting
Flower motifs
Day of the Dead mask
Takeaway: Make it
3D Pattern workshop
Try some triangles
Geometric pattern collage
Wish you were here
Takeaway: Post card
People watching and sketching
Celebrate your friends and family
5. STUFF
Scan it
Repeat it/different formats, cards tags, concertina/calendar
Get it printed
Your “pin it” library
The picture gallery
Put it on social media
About the author
Moira Clinch is a watercolor artist and urban sketcher. The author of the companion art titles
Start Here: Draw and
Start Here: Paint, she is also the author of two books on watercolor painting, including
The Watercolor Painter’s Pocket Palette, which sold more than half a million copies. She has worked as a creative director in the publishing industry for more than 25 years, and her own artwork has been exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and featured in several books. She lives in London.
Summary
For anyone who’s ever wished they could paint but doesn’t know where to begin, Start Here: Paint offers 50 progressive, themed art activities that develop skills and confidence.
