Café in Bloom

25 BEGINNER-FRIENDLY PROJECTS ON PREMIUM WATERCOLOR PAPER

The third book in the internationally best-selling Watercolor Workbook series!

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Build your watercolor skills with confidence with these 25 beautiful and beginner-friendly new projects on premium watercolor paper!

From artist Sarah Simon, author of the bestselling Watercolor Workbook series, comes 25 new projects that will let you take an artistic journey through cozy cafés and blooming gardens.

This easy-to-use watercolor workbook is filled with unique and beautiful illustrations of flowers, nature, and café scenes that are ready for you to watercolor—no drawing skills required! Each page is specially designed with simple step-by-step instructions so you can easily and confidently paint each project and create artwork that matches the quality of the author’s example.

Watercolor Workbook: Café in Bloom features:
• An introduction to fundamental watercolor techniques
• 25 beginner-friendly projects on thick, 200 gsm premium watercolor art paper—no color bleed-through!
• Beautiful artwork inspired by quaint cafés and blooming botanicals
• Easy-to-follow instructions, including suggested paint and paintbrush materials, so you can start painting today

Artist and author Sarah Simon, a.k.a. @themintgardener, has taught thousands of people how to paint with watercolor. Her first book Modern Watercolor Botanicals provides everything you need to know about the art of watercolor and, now in this new workbook in her bestselling Watercolor Workbook series, Simon offers 25 new watercolor projects that you can sit down and enjoy painting today!

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Take your watercolor paintings to the next level with this premium watercolor notepad—tested and approved by renowned watercolor artist Sarah Simon (@themintgardener)

This premium watercolor pad features thick, bleed-proof paper—the same paper that renowned artist Sarah Simon uses to create her artwork for her bestselling Watercolor Workbook series.

This watercolor notepad features:

• 20 cold-pressed, slow-drying pages to be used with watercolor paints, gouache, and other wet media
• Layflat design with ivory paper, perfect for vibrant watercolor and gouache paintings
• Durable surface that’s great for adding extra details
• Glue-bound pages for easy removal and framing in standard 8 x 10 frames

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A WEEKLY TRACKER AND LOGBOOK FOR PLANNING YOUR GARDEN

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Plan your garden and track your plants throughout each growing season with this comprehensive gardening journal—perfect for beginner and seasoned gardeners alike!

Whether you’re new to gardening or an experienced green thumb, this gardening journal from Sarah Simon (@themintgardener) and Colin Simon will help you get a head start on next season’s harvest.

With My Gardening Journal, you’ll gain access to:

• A 52-week garden planner, with space to record your weekly to-do list and write notes and reminders for next season
• Fifty pages of comprehensive gardening advice, from determining which plants will thrive in your region to best practices for preventing destructive pests and diseases
• Dot grids to help you sketch out and plan your outdoor space
• Charts to log which plants you’re growing and track how much sun your garden receives

With an easy-to-use logbook for each week of the year, My Gardening Journal is the perfect gift for any plant lover or gardening enthusiast in your life.

Praise

I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this beautiful garden journal and was not disappointed when it arrived! It is fun to dream and plan about the garden each season…if you are new to gardening the beginning section of this journal is FULL of helpful info to get you started. I have been learning (always learning with a garden!) for the past several years and I am excited to use all the tools, trackers, journals to keep tabs on what I’m taking from last year and applying this year and the next year and the next year! This year is my first year playing with seed starting in my new greenhouse so I am particularly excited to useWeekly tracker to keep notes on various seeds. Thank you Sarah and Colin for sharing this with us!!

^{- Verified Amazon Customer, Kate Kelsay}

I have tried many journals, notebooks, blank pieces of paper - but this is the only one that is keeping me organized and focused. Even if I don’t get my weekly tasks done it is just easy to move them to the next week until they are done. I love how it keeps me focused on a few set of tasks so not to be overwhelmed. Great space for notes, drawing or keeping info when contacting contractors for our new patio. Don’t hesitate to get. I will definitely be purchasing one for next year as well.

^{- Verified Amazon Customer, Anita French}

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Build your watercolor skills with confidence with these 25 beautiful and beginner-friendly new projects on premium watercolor paper! From artist Sarah Simon, author of 2021’s bestselling Watercolor Workbook, comes 25 new projects that celebrate flowers, feathers, and animal friends.

This easy-to-use watercolor workbook is filled with unique and beautiful botanical and animal sketches that are ready for you to watercolor—no drawing skills required! Each page is specially designed with simple step-by-step instructions so you can easily and confidently paint each project and create artwork that matches the quality of the author’s example.

Watercolor Workbook: Flowers, Feathers, and Animal Friends features:

• An introduction to fundamental watercolor techniques

• 25 beginner-friendly projects on thick, 200 gsm premium watercolor art paper—no color bleed-through!

• Beautiful floral and plant artwork, including: wild roses, poppies, sunflowers, buttercups, dandelions, and more

• Easy-to-follow instructions, including suggested paint and paintbrush materials, so you can start painting today

Artist and author Sarah Simon, a.k.a. @themintgardener, has taught thousands of people how to paint with watercolor. Her first book, Modern Watercolor Botanicals, provides everything you need to know about the art of watercolor and, now in this second workbook in her Watercolor Workbook series, Simon offers 25 watercolor projects that you can sit down and enjoy painting today!

Build your watercolor skills with confidence with these 25 beautiful and beginner-friendly new projects on premium watercolor paper!

This easy-to-use watercolor workbook is filled with unique and beautiful flower and nature sketches that are ready for you to watercolor–no drawing skills required! Each page is specially designed with simple step-by-step instructions so you can easily and confidently paint each project and create artwork that matches the quality of the author’s example.

Watercolor Workbook features:

‍•  An introduction to fundamental watercolor techniques

‍•  Easy-to-follow instructions, including suggested paint and paintbrush materials, so you can start painting today

‍•  Projects presented on thick, premium watercolor art paper – no color bleed-through

‍•  Flower art including poppies, wild roses, sunflowers, buttercups, dandelions, and more

Artist and author Sarah Simon, a.k.a. @themintgardener, has taught thousands of people how to paint with watercolor. Her first book Modern Watercolor Botanicals provides everything you need to know about the art of watercolor and, now in this new workbook, Simon offers 25 watercolor projects that you can sit down and enjoy painting today!

Praise

Sarah’s fun and simple approach will have you painting with watercolors in no time. I love how easy she makes it: the book is filled with premium paper so you can start painting right on the pages!

Ashley Kelley, Creator of the Watercolor Summit™

Sarah Simon is an expert watercolor teacher! This workbook is an excellent tool for beginners who appreciate beautiful artwork and want to build confidence in their painting skills. I also love the fact that the projects in this book already come printed on cold-press watercolor paper. That makes this book a serious value and means you can sit down and start painting today.

Alli Koch, bestselling author, artist, and muralist

Modern Watercolor Botanicals: A Creative Workshop in Watercolor, Gouache, & Ink explores the wonderful world of watercolor and introduces the modern incorporation of gouache and ink into your artistic repertoire for hours of creative engagement and enjoyment.

Each botanically-based lesson offers instruction at three different skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Learn to paint eucalyptus wreaths, shape olive branches, detail wildflowers, tint fine-lined blooms, shade tropical leaves, and more!

Lessons in Modern Watercolor Botanicals include:

• Instruction for three different skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced
• Easy-to-understand diagrams, pictures, and instructions
• Each lesson builds upon skills learned in the previous lessons
• Over 100 pieces of traceable artwork, no drawing experience required
• An innovative approach to composition and color theory, with practical application
• Lessons that promote focus and mindfulness as you create to reduce the stress of daily life and enhance enjoyment of the artistic process
• All you need to know to create frame-worthy masterpieces and thoughtful gifts
• Prompts, challenges and ideas to take your creativity to the next level

Sarah’s extensive teaching experience shines in each page of Modern Watercolor Botanicals, with advice to answer the questions common to watercolor artists at all levels:

• What tools do I need?
• How do I mix interesting colors?
• How do I create shape, movement, and definition in my piece?
• How do I find my own creative style?

Delve into Modern Watercolor Botanicals to develop your skills and form your own unique artistic approach in the world of modern watercolors!

Praise

First of all, Sarah's gorgeous presentation throughout this book stands on its own and is a work of art in itself. Like.. you know that excited feeling of seeing something that screams eye candy and it almost punches you in the stomach? That’s how I feel when I look through this book. Now that that's out of the way... If you're thinking about experimenting with watercolor and/or gouache, look no further. Sarah's stunning imagery paired with thorough and extensive direction will bring you back again and again. It's a must-have staple for both beginners, hobbyists, and professional creatives.

– Peggy Dean of @thepigeonletters

LOVE THIS BOOK! It provides beautifully thorough instructions on how to paint watercolor florals with skills that can be applied to other, non floral subjects. It is awesome to see the steps Sarah uses to create beautiful flowers. I especially love that there are traceable pieces with perforated pages for those of us not as confident in our drawing skills but who still want to paint pretty things. An extra bonus are the “why art” pages. They’re like mini self care lessons mixed in with art! I can’t wait to read each and every word.

– Sarah Smith, Amazon Review | 5 Stars

Approachable, practical, and beautiful. A unique watercolor book!! Preordered this as soon as it was announced! If you’re looking into getting into watercolor this is THE book for you. This book was made with pure soul and it shows. It’s beautifully crafted and curated and the knowledge it contains is far worth more than I spent on this book. I love the organization and in depth detail that went into every page. The techniques are structured clearly and well organized. I’m so excited to learn and grow in skill with this book! If you’re on the fence just buy it. This would also make a beautiful gift to anyone looking into getting into watercolor, it’s great for all skill levels. I would highly recommend.

– AnnaPanda, Amazon Review | 5 Stars

Great watercolour book! This is a fantastic book. I’ve learnt so much. I’ve been using watercolour, self taught for a couple of years and got a number of books on the subject. This is the best of all of them. I’ve had a number of problems when using watercolours which this book has helped me to over come. The techniques in this book are in effect a foundation in watercolours. Perfect for beginners or like me self taught. She even describes how to prime your brush, never mentioned in other books. Simplistic yes, but it changed the way I paint. I’ve had many aha moments with this book. Also it is so beautiful to look at and the spiral binding means you don’t struggle with keeping a page open. Thank you to the author for a wonderful book.

– M. Hands, Amazon Review | 5 Stars

The Plant Lady: A Floral Coloring Book with Succulents and Flowers.

Slow down and let your imagination take root as you explore a new world of flowers and gardens and bring them to life with color!

Artist Sarah Simon, of @themintgardener, weaves a beautiful floral theme through the pages using her favorite illustrated character, Florence the "Plant Lady." Follow along as the Plant Lady guides you on a creative journey to savor the sweet moments of nature. Wander from scenes of a book nook filled with plants to a hiking trail in the Pacific Northwest and explore gardens filled with everything from sunflowers to artichokes. If you love flowers, plants, and pausing to appreciate the beauty and wonder of the natural world, then you'll enjoy getting creative with The Plant Lady!

The Plant Lady features:

• Over 80 illustrated pages featuring beautiful blooms, bouquets, plants, leaves, and more

‍• Images printed on thick, premium quality paper--ideal for all kinds of coloring tools

‍• Perforated, removable pages--frame your art after you've finished coloring!

‍• A beautiful cover that will look perfect on your bookshelf or coffee table

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This book is a magical inky world full of stunning illustrations for you to color any way your imagination leads you. From kitties to puppies, and every floral in between, Florence The Plant Lady takes you on an adventure of pure, dreamy inspiration. I truly can't decide if I would rather jump into the cozy porch illustration or the warm greenhouse illustration, but either way, I know I will be visiting this book often. Do yourself a favor, (even if you aren't into coloring), order this book and when it arrives, brew yourself a hot cup of tea or coffee, snuggle into your favorite chair and dive into these truly beautiful and inspired pages. You will not be disappointed. – CynthiaK, Amazon Review 5 Stars · The best and most beautiful adult coloring book!!! I love this book so much it gives me so much to do and inspires me to be creative and artistic! I love the plants and designs that I get to draw. I 110% recommend this amazing adult coloring book it’s my favorite one I have ever had!!!

- Jewelia Hunt, Amazon Review | 5 Stars

The book is full of LUSH flora line drawing illustrations, perfect for coloring or watercoloring. All you need to do, if you are following Sarah on Instagram, is to trace the drawing of your choice onto a piece of watercolor paper, and start painting it with watercolor. Sarah's website also contain tons of helpful suggestions and her color palette to create your OWN paintings. A MUST HAVE for all who love floral line drawing and watercolor. Fun book full of flowers, plants, pets and plant lady!

– mLemonandFigs, Amazon Review | 5 Stars