Jessie Kanelos WeinerThinking in Watercolor
A Daily Practice to Unlock Your Creativity & Discover Your Inner Artist
Jessie Kanelos Weiner is a watercolor illustrator, author, and teacher. She is the coauthor of New York in Stride and Paris in Stride and the author of Edible Paradise: A Coloring Book of Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables, and The New Victory Garden Wall Calendar series. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Vogue, T Magazine, The New York Times, and Cherry Bombe, and she was named a rising star in food illustration by Food & Wine. She regularly collaborates with brands like Chevrolet, LVMH, Fragonard, and Nespresso. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she has been based in Paris for more than fifteen years, where she teaches drawing at several art schools and hosts watercolor workshops and retreats for brands and students of all levels. See her work at jessiekanelosweiner.net and subscribe to her Substack newsletter, La Vie en Watercolor / Jessie Kanelos Weiner.
Introduction
Getting Started
DAILY EXERCISES
Days 1 to 5: Washes 101
Days 6 to 10: Drawing Is Seeing, Seeing Is Painting
Days 11 to 15: Observation Station
Days 16 to 20: Experimentation
Days 21 to 25: Idea Generation
Days 26 to 30: It’s Personal
Epilogue
Resources
Acknowledgments