Your Year in Art: Watercolor: A project for every week of the year to inspire creative exploration in watercolor painting

Your Year in Art: Watercolor presents 52 weekly art challenges and prompts designed to build watercolor painting skills throughout the year. Written and illustrated by Kristin Van Leuven, owner of Hello Lovely People and author of Modern Watercolor, the book combines step-by-step lessons, techniques, and tips with examples of finished artwork. Weekly challenges cover themes including florals, birds, portraits, patterns, holiday decorations, and scenery. Each lesson and prompt is structured but allows room for personalization, enabling you to develop your individual style while learning foundational skills. The book acknowledges that watercolor's unforgiving nature can intimidate beginners. Van Leuven's approach emphasizes an easy-to-follow, expressive style that encourages embracing imperfection and learning from mistakes rather than replicating examples exactly. This follow-up to the drawing-focused Your Year in Art aims to help you paint with confidence and develop your own artistic voice.