Put your cares aside as you paint restful images and watch the colours appear. Relax - take a moment to breathe. This delightful painting book will help make space for your mind to calm down. It's filled with exquisite scenes from the natural world that will help children - and adults - focus on the here and now and let go of worries. Simply brush water over the tranquil black and white designs to reveal an inspiring array of beautiful colours. Includes an introductory page with tips on mindfulness.

"Meditative, peaceful and calming, watercolor painting offers a sense of control and self-worth to everyone, with no judgment or goal beyond the joy of painting itself. Here you'll learn how to calm and enhance your outlook through the movement of brush on paper. Master artist Jean Haines leads you on a journey through paint, showing you how to wipe away your worries with the soothing, gentle strokes of watercolor paint. Painting is something that you can do at any stage in your life. You can paint yourself calm. Overcome anxiety. No painting experience necessary. Soothe yourself through mindful painting. Take control of your life with watercolor paint" -- back of book.

Discover the happiness benefits of putting brush to paper with a guide that puts judgment aside and “encourages simple enjoyment of painting” (Library Journal). Meditative, peaceful, and calming, watercolour painting offers a sense of control and self-worth to everyone, with no judgment or goal beyond the joy of painting itself. This book shows you how to calm and enhance your outlook through the movement of brush on paper. Master artist Jean Haines leads you through the journey, putting the emphasis on the joy of play rather than on pressure to perform or produce—and showing you how to wipe away your worries with the soothing, gentle strokes of watercolour paint. “Starting from the premise that everyone can paint, Haines frees readers of the goals and expectations of end results, and encourages simple enjoyment of painting. Open-ended, detailed exercises guide readers through experimenting with paint to gain a sense of control; to relieve stress; to escape; or to be in a better mood. The emotional and psychological properties of color are discussed as are obstacles to creativity and happiness. . . . [a] unique blend of self-care and expression.” —Library Journal

A relaxation book to help children focus, feel calm and content. Just add water. Unhurry Magic Painting is a book to help you relax, slow down and be mindful. Simply swoosh a wet paintbrush over the lines and watch the pages burst into colour. There are sixteen pictures to paint, with some 'mindful painting' tips at the beginning to help make the experience that little bit more peaceful.

Simply sweep a wet paintbrush over the black and white illustrations to fill the pages with vibrant colour. The Unworry Magic Painting Book serves as a calming distraction from any worries and anxieties. It includes 15 patterns and scenes to paint, and tips for how to paint mindfully along the way. It's an addition to the Unworry series - an 'unworry toolkit' to help people of all ages understand, cope with and get rid of their worries. The character from The Unworry Book appears in this book, too. There is a page at the beginning with tips for how to be mindful while you paint. It's not just for children - teenager and adults can benefit from mindful creative activities, too.

Follow renowned author and artist Jean Haines as she leads you on an exciting journey through paint; showing you how to overcome challenges and find a new outlook with each stroke of watercolour paint. This book is a special limited edition hardcover. Bestselling, internationally-renowned artist and author Jean Haines takes you on an exciting journey through painting in her new book. Not just for artists, this book is an avenue into art for people who have never painted and may even have been told they 'can't paint' at an early age, but who love the idea of playing with colour as a distraction from the stresses of modern life. All of Jean's books have promoted the energising and mood-lifting effects of painting, and this aspect of her writing is brought into sharp focus in Paint Yourself Positive. It will encourage the reader to take up painting as a wonderful hobby that can transform your life.

Bestselling international author and artist Jean Haines' new book takes readers on an exciting journey through painting. Not just a book for artists, this is for anyone looking for a way of enhancing their life and mood through paint. It's also a way into art for people who have never painted and may even have been told they 'can't paint' at an early age. If you love the idea of sitting down and playing with colour and paint as a distraction from the stresses of modern life, then this is the book for you! All of Jean's books have promoted the life-enhancing effects of painting, and this is especially relevant in Paint Yourself Positive. Whether you can already paint or not, the aim of the book is for you to create in a way that you find pleasing, increases your self-confidence and leaves you feeling energized. Jean will very soon have you wanting to pick up a paintbrush and start to paint - and loving every second of it.