--- product_id: 1422695 title: "Painting Watercolors (First Steps)" price: "SAR 142" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/1422695-painting-watercolors-first-steps store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Painting Watercolors (First Steps) **Price:** SAR 142 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Painting Watercolors (First Steps) - **How much does it cost?** SAR 142 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/1422695-painting-watercolors-first-steps) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Make your first steps in watercolor fun and rewarding! Watercolor's vivid colors and fresh, direct brush strokes make it the most exciting way to paint. "But," you think, "Learning to paint must be hard and frustrating." Not with Cathy Johnson as your teacher! Here, she makes learning to paint in watercolor fun—even easy! With Painting Watercolors , you'll learn to paint by picking up a brush and painting—not by reading about a bunch of confusing theories. Cathy tells you everything you need to begin—including: • Which tools and materials you should buy to get off to a good, affordable start • When, what, even where to paint • Explanations of watercolor terms (such as "washes" and "puddles") • Easy and useful painting tricks—such as glazing and drybrush. Exercises help you loosen up and learn the ins and outs of putting paint on paper. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions show you how to paint water, believable skies, a variety of trees in different seasons and other popular elements. Plus, a dozen demonstrations show you how paintings come together, from initial sketch to final brushstrokes. With Cathy's help, you can start painting right away! Review: Excellent For Beginners - Of all the books out there on Beginning watercolors, this one ought to stand among the top. This is a no-nonsense, direct, practial and applicable book. Cathy Johnson, has covered a wide range of topics in a concise and apt manner that makes the most sense for the beginning watercolorist. Here is what is covered in the book. MATERIALS Papers, Brushes, Palettes etc. are covered enough to get started. THEORY Colors, Values, Composition are briefly discussed, again enough to get going. EXERCISES This is a beautiful part of the book, some of the exercises are : Round brush Exercise, Flat brush, fan brush etc.. Some of them introduces to different materials tools such as palette knife. And there are a few interesting ones, which she calls "fear conquering" exercises. these are beautiful and essential, particularly useful to learn and understand watercolor. In these exercises she explores 'happy accidents' which is the key to successful watercolor. TECHNIQUE Various techniques are covered next such as Flat wash, graded wash , wet-on-wet,dry, wet on dry, and the Glazes. SPECIFIC SUBJECTS After the essential techniques are introduced, and one is familiar with how to use the tools and paint, we next move to specifics. A variety of subjects are covered, and the color palette is discussed along as these are taken up one by one. Trees, foliage, grass, skies, water, surfing, falling water, snow, mountain, cliff, rocks, buildings, flowers, fruits, animals, and common things are some of the subjects that are dealt with. DEMONSTRATIONS The book concludes with a series of demonstrations of landscape and still life, such as Farm scene, boat scene, etc. wich are step by step, and applies the material covered so far in the book. This is the point when the learner can slowly take to his/her own wings and start creating their own paintings. There is one particular demo where the same scenery is painted using different palettes to create different seasons. Overall, this is a very crisp and effective introduction to watercolors. Review: Nice book. Excellent seller - Very nice book. Has great ideas. Seller was great shipped early and in excellent condition. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #569,387 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #562 in Watercolor Painting #21,703 in Crafts & Hobbies (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 275 Reviews | ## Images ![Painting Watercolors (First Steps) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/718YrFxvKPL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent For Beginners *by G***M on January 19, 2010* Of all the books out there on Beginning watercolors, this one ought to stand among the top. This is a no-nonsense, direct, practial and applicable book. Cathy Johnson, has covered a wide range of topics in a concise and apt manner that makes the most sense for the beginning watercolorist. Here is what is covered in the book. MATERIALS Papers, Brushes, Palettes etc. are covered enough to get started. THEORY Colors, Values, Composition are briefly discussed, again enough to get going. EXERCISES This is a beautiful part of the book, some of the exercises are : Round brush Exercise, Flat brush, fan brush etc.. Some of them introduces to different materials tools such as palette knife. And there are a few interesting ones, which she calls "fear conquering" exercises. these are beautiful and essential, particularly useful to learn and understand watercolor. In these exercises she explores 'happy accidents' which is the key to successful watercolor. TECHNIQUE Various techniques are covered next such as Flat wash, graded wash , wet-on-wet,dry, wet on dry, and the Glazes. SPECIFIC SUBJECTS After the essential techniques are introduced, and one is familiar with how to use the tools and paint, we next move to specifics. A variety of subjects are covered, and the color palette is discussed along as these are taken up one by one. Trees, foliage, grass, skies, water, surfing, falling water, snow, mountain, cliff, rocks, buildings, flowers, fruits, animals, and common things are some of the subjects that are dealt with. DEMONSTRATIONS The book concludes with a series of demonstrations of landscape and still life, such as Farm scene, boat scene, etc. wich are step by step, and applies the material covered so far in the book. This is the point when the learner can slowly take to his/her own wings and start creating their own paintings. There is one particular demo where the same scenery is painted using different palettes to create different seasons. Overall, this is a very crisp and effective introduction to watercolors. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice book. Excellent seller *by M***P on April 14, 2026* Very nice book. Has great ideas. Seller was great shipped early and in excellent condition. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book! *by T***R on August 2, 2013* This is definitely a very good book for the absolute beginner. Johnson provides very clear and easy to understand explanations of the materials (along with popular brands to buy) and techniques. She introduces painting tips for a variety of subjects such as snow, flowers and trees, water, animals and more. She also teaches you how to stretch watercolor paper and has very simple and comfortable exercises to ease you into the wonders of watercolor. There was also a page that addressed some opaque vs transparent colors which was pretty helpful. The step by step demonstrations are easy to follow, and though the author doesn't tell what colors are used in each step, she gives the overall palette colors. She does focus a bit more on different palettes, especially seasonal ones, which are very nice for beginning landscape painting. However I did not give this book 5 stars because I found the author did not address color mixing very well. In fact there is next to nothing about how the slight nuances in the colors mixed together can entirely change the temperature. I have another book (Hazel Harrison's How to paint and draw), and in it the author extensively addresses how mixing primaries that are biased toward each other will create more brilliant colors and mixing ones that are not will produce more muted hues and so on. However I do realize this is not a book on color theory, and for what it does it is definitely worth the buy. The layout is very cute and refreshing to look at, and Johnson really makes you see how enjoyable watercolor is :) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/1422695-painting-watercolors-first-steps](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/1422695-painting-watercolors-first-steps) --- *Product available on Desertcart Saudi Arabia* *Store origin: SA* *Last updated: 2026-06-11*