Cathy Johnson

Fun book. Lots of cool things to try and ideas for experiments and tests--which I've already plastered my sketchbook with. It's got me itching for spring so I can get outside to draw something that doesn't reside in my living room.

This is probably the most helpful book on beginner water color painting. Although the subjects are mostly limited to landscape, these core skills will help me in my own work past landscapes.

Cathy Johnson has published several fantastic illustrated journal books, all of which are worth finding.

This one on getting past the fear of this medium by practicing simple approaches will be very useful for me and for anybody who wants to learn a new medium, whether for illustrated journals, landscape, show more still life, or urban sketching. show less

I really enjoyed this book, which offers ideas for doing paintings of wildlife, flowers and trees, and other things out in nature. The author offers some basic guidelines (media and supplies), plus some step-by-step tutorials for a number of paintings. The book is divided into sections based on the type of habitat: mountains, desert, etc., with other chapters devoted to painting birds and animals. I particularly appreciate her attention to correctly identifying the birds, animals and plants show more in her artwork. Plus, the book is filled with some gorgeous paintings and sketches. An excellent book. show less

Stupid cover, but this was a very helpful book. The most helpful thing was the many pics of paintings done on different papers and with different techniques.