Watercolor Adventure: Explore National Parks with Templates & Tutorials

Take a journey across the United States as you paint stunning scenes and subjects from some of America’s most iconic places in glorious watercolor.
Paint the National Parks: A Watercolor Journey showcases 20 of the most popular national parks from throughout the United States. Each project shows step by step how to paint an iconic scene that captures the essence of one of the parks: from the misty forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the majestic cacti of Saguaro National Park to the awe-inspiring trees of Redwood National Park. The scenes feature a variety of landscapes and geological features, including breathtaking canyons, luscious woods, captivating waterfalls, stunning mountains, and more.
This inspiring and informative guide includes:
An overview of essential watercolor techniques for beginning and intermediate watercolor artistsStep-by-step paintings of 20 of the most stunning and popular national parksTutorials of quintessential park subjects, such as birds, other animals, trees, and flowersGuidance on sketching and painting on locationQR codes linked to videos that provide further insight into the techniques and tutorialsDownloadable sketches of all the paintings that can be traced or printed on watercolor paper
Join artist and popular watercolor instructor Emily Olson on a painting adventure through America the Beautiful. Whether you’re an intrepid trekker or an armchair traveler, you will be able to create artwork worthy of the national parks.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quarry Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 8, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760393966
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760393963
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.46 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 0.5 x 11.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #20,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #19 in Landscape & Seascape Art #21 in Landscape Painting #37 in Watercolor Painting
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