Watercolor Cabinet of Curiosities - Nassybah Touriño

Watercolor Cabinet of Curiosities by Nassybah Touriño is a watercolour painting guide inspired by insects, antiques and other unusual finds. This paperback edition brings together step-by-step instruction with illustrated examples.

Key details

• Author: Nassybah Touriño
• Subtitle: Paint Perfectly Peculiar Insects, Antiques and Other Oddities
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 224
• Publisher: Page Street Publishing
• Publication date: 19 August 2025

Synopsis

Framed as a tour through an entomologist’s drawer, this guide invites you into a world of “weird and wonderful” watercolour, pairing natural history with vintage curiosities. Across 36 projects, Touriño provides detailed instructions and step-by-step images to help you build paintings that range from butterflies and moths to objects such as a vintage frame, a cat skull and an insect taxidermy box.

Subjects include the Blue Morpho butterfly, Death’s-head hawkmoth, Hercules beetle, Luna moth and Orange Oakleaf butterfly. With its emphasis on thoughtful guidance and striking illustration, it is designed for watercolourists of all skill levels.

Rackhams Reference : SDVP41IDR2