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I feel like I'm shilling for the guy considering how often I mention him, but Marc Taro Holmes is the artist who got me interested in watercolor. He has a book titled The Urban Sketcher where he explains his process, techniques, etc. It's useful even if you don't care for urban sketching, as the techniques translate well across styles. He also has a book called Direct Watercolor that he released when he stopped using ink in his work, but imo it doesn't mention a pot of basic stuff that's discussed in the first book.

He's stopped working with watercolors and has switched to oils, but his website http://citizensketcher.com is still up and there's quite a lot of posts discussing process, tips, and so on (I think they're grouped in somewhere in the menu).

James Gurney is great too, and has a bunch of content on watercolor.

If you want something more casual that will still help you learn the medium (maybe not as in depth), Everyday Watercolor is a fun book filled with small lessons geared towards beginners.

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I've been on a plein air kick recently so I'm glad you shared this, very nice stuff. I'm personally a big fan of Marc Taro Holmes' old watercolor stuff (he switched to oils recently), pic related.

I love how loose but detailed his work looks, and the how varied his colors are.

He's moved to Instagram since switching to oils, but his watercolor stuff is still on his old blog http://citizensketcher.com