Watercolour guides
Watercolour, made approachable.
Clear, practical digital guides to painting in watercolour at home. No studio or art degree required.
Three digital eBooks · Nothing is shipped
The guides
Start where you are.
Three guides that build on each other. Begin with the one that fits your experience.
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Guide 01 · Watercolour basics
First Washes
A beginner’s guide to the basics of watercolour: a short materials list, how water and pigment behave, and the core washes every painting is built on.
- For complete beginners
- A small, inexpensive set of materials
- Eight chapters, with first small paintings
Digital eBook €19,95
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Guide 02 · Painting nature
Painting Nature in Watercolour
A step-by-step guide to painting leaves, flowers, skies and small landscapes, with greens that look alive and studies you can finish in an afternoon.
- For painters who know the basic washes
- Leaves, flowers, skies and water
- Nine chapters, with step-by-step studies
Digital eBook €29,90
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Guide 03 · For the whole year
A Year in Watercolour
Our most complete guide: technique, colour and composition organised into a 52-week sketchbook plan, with seasonal subjects so you always know what to paint next.
- For painters who know the basics
- A 52-week sketchbook plan
- Nine chapters, with a full worked year
Digital eBook €39,90
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Why Sanofil
Written for kitchen tables, not studios.
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Sized for home painting
Every method is written for a small set of paints and a kitchen table from the start, rather than scaled down from a professional studio.
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Step by step
Plain instructions in the order you will need them, so you always know what to do next — and what to leave alone.
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Honest about the hard parts
What works, what does not, and what to do when colours turn muddy. No promises of gallery-ready paintings on day one.
Our approach
Most painting books assume a studio.
Sanofil starts somewhere smaller: a few paints, two brushes and the table you already have.
Our guides break watercolour down into steps you can follow at home — how much water to use, what each wash does, and what to change next time. No expensive kit required, and no pretending every painting will be perfect.
From first wash to finished painting
From a pool of colour to a small finished picture.
A little regular practice goes a long way with watercolour. The guides show you how to get there, one painting at a time.
How it works
Digital guides, simply delivered.
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Step 1
Choose your guide
Pick the one that matches your experience.
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Step 2
Check out securely
Payment is handled through Shopify’s checkout.
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Step 3
Receive your eBook
Your guide is delivered electronically after purchase.
These are digital products. No physical goods are shipped.
Ready when you are
Find your starting point.
Three guides, one clear path — from your first wash to a full year of painting.
See the three guides