Monday, June 09, 2014

Watercolor Tricks & Techniques book giveaway!

Last month I found this book at such a great price, I picked up an extra to share with one of you!

Leave a comment below before midnight EST Thursday, June 12th,  for a chance to win - I'll announce the winner Friday morning in my Mix-Ability post!


This 160-page spiral-bound easel book is packed with tips and tricks, techniques, and lessons for the beginner up to advanced painters. Watercoloring is so much fun and is one skill I've really pushed myself in over the last year or so. I still have so much to learn, and I look forward to learning from this book when I have the time to sit and absorb.

Good luck to you! I'll be back Wednesday with a card to share!

Thanks for stopping by!

80 comments:

  1. So awesome of you to share....I'm still learning..and it ain't easy for me. Maybe this book will help...

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  2. I'd love to win this book
    I started painting watercolors
    I'd love to get tips and tricks
    Thanks for the chance to win!!!

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  3. Wow! Coming from you, that's quite an endorsement! I'd love to learn more about watercolors, and this book would be a great way to do so.

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  4. How cool. I have always loved water coloring. Even though I'm not that good at it.

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  5. I have been slowly trying to improve my watercoloring technique. This book would be a great help, I'm sure.

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  6. Just looking at the techniques on the front cover piques my interest! Starting where I am I would have LOTS to learn.

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  7. So cool! I can't get enough watercolors right now - this book looks like so much fun!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  8. Beautiful Book...I would love to win it. I love your blog...thanx for sharing each day!

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  9. Wow that looks like an awesome book. Thanks for offering to share a copy

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  10. I would LOVE to learn how to watercolor! I look at what amazing things you do & want to try it myself, but don't know how to start. How sweet you are to share it with someone. Have my fingers crossed it will be me!

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  11. Never to old to learn new :), it looks great.
    Hugs
    Tiggerchen

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  12. You are so generous! I love all your ideas and tips. This book would be awesome - thanks so much for the chance to win!

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  13. Thanks for the chance--i have a lot to learn.

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  14. Oh cool - I must learn so much about watercoloring. This Book can help me so much. Thank you for the Chance to win the book.

    Hugs
    Litta

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  15. I would love to win this, I'm trying watercolor isn't on cards and so far it's been fun. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  16. Would love to learn a new way to craft cards and scrapbook pages! Thank you for the chance to win.

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  17. I like to follow your blog because you have such gorgeous techniques. This book would definitely be a benefit with such great ideas and instruction. Thanks for the opportunity.
    Patti

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  18. I would love to have this book.

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  19. Thank you for all that you so generously share - I found your pencil investigations so in line with my own questions when I first began using pencils but had very limited supplies. I've been looking at watercolours & acrylics more recently & have decided that I much prefer watercolours but I have so much to learn & pracise when it comes to not only techniques but different types of papers. Thank you for an opportunity to win some help.
    Paula (PEP)

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  20. Thank you so much for sharing this book. Water color painting is so delicate and I've been trying to teach myself. God bless

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  21. Thank you so much Dina for the chance to win this book. As a beginner, it would be wonderful!!!
    TFS
    Paper Hugs,
    Jan

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  22. Dina, I would love this book! My head is in my hands when it comes to watercoloring. I just cannot get it to look "right". Maybe that is the problem!

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  23. Wow Dina,
    Do kind of you to share. I'm learning watercolor and i have to say that i love the fact the watercolor teaches you to stay still and listen to the paint, wait, wait, do another layer. So far i love it but i have lots to learn. Thank you for the awesome chance to win this book.

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  24. How I would love to have this book. Watercolor is my favorite medium.

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  25. I am so hopeless at colouring so I desperately need this beautiful prize to see if I can master the art.. thanks for the chance to win.. GL everyone.. Hanny Australia

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  26. Oh Dini, thank you so much for your generosity with the book give away, I'm sure it will be loved by whoever wins!! I love your blog, love to try my hand at watercoloring, and need lots of help to improve my technique. The effects of this medium are what appeal to me. There is a delicacy about the transparent look to it. And the "puddling" look of the colors from one color to another just looks so beautiful to me. There is such a fragile look from shade to shade to me. In other mediums we shade and blend to have no lines, yet in watercoloring, that water line look is what I love about it! Is that crazy or what?????

    As much as I love my Copic markers and pencils, I must say the beauty of watercolors just knocks my socks off!!!!!

    Thank you again for the chance to win........ :)

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  27. Thank you for the chance to win this book. I'm so excited about the prize.

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  28. Pick me! Pick me! LOVE water coloring and the more tips and techniques the merrier! Love your work! I've been dabbling in watercolors--so fun!
    thanks for your posts and blog!
    JMc

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  29. Dina, this looks like a wonderful book. I haven't played with watercolors regularly for quite a while. I registered for the Online Card Making class "Watercolor for Card Makers" and enjoyed trying out some of the techniques they showed. I need to get my fingers inky more often.

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  30. Thank you for this wonderful giveaway opportunity.
    I would love to win this, as I have never ever done watercoloring but would like to start. I need all the help I can get and winning this book sure would be a Big help.
    Thank you
    ColleenB. ~ Texas

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  31. How generous! A tutorial book would be so helpful! I like the idea that it's spiral bound and can layout flat! Wish me luck!

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  32. I love your blog, I have been following it for sometime. I am just getting into watercoloring. Thank you for the chance to win.

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  33. I would love to win this book and benefit from its contents. (I could really use the help!). Thank you for the chance to win it!

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  34. The book looks wonderful for those of us trying to master watercolor. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  35. Thanks for the opportunity to receive a watercolor book! I love watercolor qualities and would enjoy learning more about this awesome art form.
    Shirley

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  36. Thanks for the chance to win the lovely book!

    I so wish I was as talented as you!
    Love, love, love your work, but I know I could never duplicate it.

    I plan to purchase the your Pencil Basics class when I feel like I have a little time and a little money.
    We are moving in a couple of weeks,and things are so busy right now.
    Have a great day.

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  37. Dina,

    Watercoloring has always been a medium that has frustrated me, so I have decided to pay attention and try to get a handle on. Thanks for the opportunity to win the book!
    Hugs,
    Beth

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  38. Thank-you so much for giving us a chance to win this great book. Nellie.

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  39. I would love love this book! I need some tips. I have just fallen in love with w/c and want to take a class but have not found any in my area. Thanks for the opportunity to win this Dina.

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  40. This is a book which is difficult to purchase in country Australia. I'd love to have the chance to study from this book as I'm still in the beginning stage of learning watercolouring. Thank you for the chance.

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  41. I would love to have a good book on watercoloring!

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  42. Thanks for the chance to win this would be amazing and help me get better at using my watercolours :)
    hugs Nikki

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  43. That's so sweet of you Dina! I'd love to learn more about water coloring!

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  44. Thank you for the opportunity to win such a helpful book!

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  45. Dina, just like you to be so thoughtful! Thank you for the chance to win!
    Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

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  46. So sweet of you to share!! Thank uou

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  47. Your artwork is awesome and thanks for the opportunity to win your book!

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  48. Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing book, I've been playing with water color a little, thanks to stamps. I would have never tried it before, I just can draw. Could really use this help from the book.

    Hugs,
    Gretchen

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  49. Wowza Dina. Would love, love to win this book. Your art is so inspiring...thanks so much for sharing.

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  50. I would like to learn about water
    coloring. Thanks for the chance to get this book.

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  51. Fabulous looking book! I'd love to be the winner of this publication to further my rudimentary experience and pass it on to my students!

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  52. I'm in awe of your watercolor and mixed media art and am grateful that you share a little bit on how you achieve the look. Thank you for the chance to win a book that YOU think is very helpful.

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  53. Oh how I would love to win this book! I have some watercolor - also the Inktense. I love the unpredictable effects of watercolor. So far- I just have played with wash but I know there is a lot more to learn!
    Love your site, coloring class and always appreciate your wonderful tutorials,Dina!
    Hugs,
    Marie

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  54. How awesome! Ty for thinking of us! Watercolor has become one of my favorite mediums. Book notwithstanding, I find I have to put in practice every to every other day. Seriously. Same thing with copics or pencils-anything worth doing comes with a ton of practice!! Thanks for the offer AND the support that you-along with everyone at SCS-give so freely. It's that, along with tips and tricks y'all share, that encourages me to try things I would've never thought to try!!

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  55. How very thoughtful of you. I would love to win this book. All your posts are so inspiring and I'm learning lots about coloring and I know this book would help. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  56. Great book, Dina! I'd love to play with some of the techniques it includes...
    Diane

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  57. I can only hope to be near as good as you. Thank you for all the lessons, tips, etc.

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  58. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of this watercolor book. Since watercoloring is all the rage right now with card makers, I'd love to learn how to do it correctly and I'm sure this book would be a great help. Thanks so much!!!!! I always enjoy seeing your painting and coloring on your cards and wish I could do work that looked half as good.

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  59. Love watercolors and would love to have this book. Thanks so much for your generosity and beautiful inspiration.

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  60. Thanks a bunch for giving us the opportunity to win this book. I am a real beginner with watercolor. Winning this book would help me a lot.

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  61. Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful book. I'm sure I'd learn a lot from using it. Edna Burgess

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  62. Have always wanted to learn more to have the confidence to try more! Would lovwe to win this book, especially knowing I'd have your lovely examples to follow! Thank you!

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  63. Dina, you are so thoughtful and kind!!! I would love to learn to watercolor. I remember watercoloring as a kid...I think I was in 8th grade. I've seen so many wonderful projects using this technique, but haven't taken the plunge on trying it myself. Thank you for the chance at winning the book...I can definitely use all the tips and tricks I can get. :)

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  64. I love water coloring and any help is appreciated!

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  65. WOW!!!This is Awesome,thank you,love to have this book!!!

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  66. Dina, this will be a wonderful book for someone. I find such joy in watercolor. This will give some lucky person a lot of encouragement.

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  67. A good bargain is hard to pass up isn't it? And for you to think to share it here is awesome. I can't think that you have so much to learn about watercolor, but now me. I have much to learn. I would love to have a good book to help me along. Just looking at watercolors others have done and trying to do what they did has helped some. And I guess just practicing it more helps as much as anything. That's what I've been trying to do for a while now.

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  68. What a find! Would love to apply watercolor into more of my work. Fingers crossed.

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  69. Looks cool. I am such an amateur

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  70. I would gift this book to my sister, who is taking up painting and drawing after discovering she has a natural talent for it. Thanks so much for a chance to win.

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  71. Wow this looks like a great resource to have on hand. Would love to own it.

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  72. Hi Dina
    What a wonderful opportunity for some lucky person & thank you for sharing
    Cheers
    Charlene

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  73. Learning to truly paint with water colors, not just the diddling around I do, has always been a secret dream of mine. Should you happen to choose my number, I assure you I'll put the book to good use making one of my dreams come true. Thanks or sharing!

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  74. Thank you so much for the giveaway Dina! I think you are amazing with colored pencils and paints! Would be great to learn some new tricks...or re-learn everything... Thanks again.

    Katie B.

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  75. You are very kind to make such a great prize available. Watercolouring has always fascinated me and there is always so much to learn as you go along.
    Thank you for always posting such an interesting blog.

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  76. Looks like a wonderful book...thanks for the opportunity to win this great prize. I haven't tried much water coloring yet...been too intimidated I'm sure a book like this would help. Thanks for all the great tips and great posts that you share.

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  77. Truly enjoy your beautiful work. And of course I always love a free gift! Thanks so much for the opportunity!

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  78. Judi Szyndrowski6/11/2014 8:59 PM

    I have always wanted to paint watercolors. This would be the perfect push to get me started. Thanks for your generosity with this wonderful offer.

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  79. You're super awesome! Thanks for a chance to win this book :) watercoloring is something I really wanna learn more!

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  80. Thank you for the opportunity to learn a new medium and continue to explore the joys of art. You are always a great enthusiast and supporter of those who are conintuing to learn.

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