15-Minute Art Watercolour: Learn to Paint in Six Steps or Less by Jola Sopek

If you've ever wanted to paint but assumed you didn't have the time, the talent, or the patience for it, this book was written to change your mind. 15-Minute Art Watercolour by illustrator Jola Sopek breaks watercolour painting down into 50 small, achievable projects, each one completed in six steps or fewer. The projects move across fruit, flowers, fish, animals and pattern work, so there's variety whether you're drawn to botanical subjects or simple repeating designs. Every project includes a traceable template, so you can transfer the outline straight onto your page and focus on colour and technique rather than getting the proportions right first. Colour swatches and practice pages sit alongside each project, giving you a low-stakes space to test your palette before committing to the final piece. This is a book built around the idea that painting doesn't need to be a big occasion. Fifteen minutes at the kitchen table, a cup of tea going cold beside you, is enough to finish something you're pleased with. For anyone who finds a blank page intimidating, the traceable templates and step-by-step structure remove a lot of that hesitation, making this a genuinely good starting point for beginners as well as a pleasant, low-pressure project book for painters who already know their way around a brush. Details: Format: Paperback Page count: 240 Dimensions: 217 x 171 x 30 mm Weight: 784 g A lovely gift for anyone who's mentioned wanting to try watercolour, or a quiet, self-contained project for a rainy weekend.