FREE ebooks, classes, and open source photos

There are many free watercolor and art resources available.  I compiled a list that may be helpful.

Free eBooks

• Keys of Drawing by Bert Dodson
• 12 Watercolor Hacks that Every Artist Should Know by David J. Rogers   (He’s a sponsor of WBB, check out his online classes too!)
• Cezanne in the Studio:  Still Life in Watercolor 
• American Drawings and Watercolors in The Metropolitan Museum of Art:  John Singer Sargent
• How to Watercolor:  Free Watercolor Techniques by Artists Network
• Still Life Update by Artists Network
• Free Zentangle designs by Artists Network
• Learn to Paint by Learn to Paint Academy
• Watercolor Painting Tips by St. Joes
• Jenna Rainey’s Floral ebook
• Let’s Paint:  a free step by step (by Art Supplies UK)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art offers 474 Free Art Books
• You can also get access to many free ebooks via Libraries. 

Free Public Doman Open Source reference photos

• Getty Open Source Photos/Art 
• National Gallery 25,000 images of Artwork
• Pixabay has over 2.4 million free images to use
• Unsplash has over 2 million free high-resolution images

Free online art and art history courses

• Open Culture online courses from universities 
• Free Online Art History Courses (from Open University, MIT)
• 10 online Art History Classes by Artsy.net

There are also many watercolor painting guides that you may buy.  I love these books because they have step-by-step photos and instructions, and have outlines you can trace.  Here is a link to some of my favorites.

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