{"id":618228,"date":"2026-10-02T07:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/618228\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:22:14","slug":"kansas-city-artist-creates-watercolor-books-of-local-landmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/618228\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City artist creates watercolor books of local landmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City artist uses watercolor books to showcase landmarks and inspire creativity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmbc.com\/news-team\/f782d81f-5aef-4fa0-804a-5c2f4d48fcaf\" aria-label=\"Alan Shope profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f782d81f-5aef-4fa0-804a-5c2f4d48fcaf_1552960146.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Alan Shope\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Tiffany Ascensio, a lifelong Kansas City artist, has created watercolor books to inspire creativity and help people explore their connection to the city.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">&#8220;I added about two drops of water to each color of the paint dots,&#8221; Ascensio said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Known for her skill with watercolors, Ascensio wanted to combine her passion for art with her love for Kansas City.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">&#8220;I wanted to do something that no one else has done before, and one thing that kept coming up was Kansas City,&#8221; Ascensio said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The project aims to teach people how to paint with watercolors while discovering more about their hometown.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">&#8220;Honestly, the hardest part was narrowing it down to 12,&#8221; Ascensio said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">The books feature a Kansas City landmark on one side and an empty sketch on the other, allowing people to paint the scenes in their own way.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">&#8220;I wanted to show everybody that you can be creative and that art is a very wonderful moving meditation and something that is really attainable to everyone,&#8221; Ascensio said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">She added, &#8220;It allows you to put yourself into it and really make it your own and kind of develop at your own way.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kansas City artist uses watercolor books to showcase landmarks and inspire creativity KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 Tiffany Ascensio,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1228,45196,1628,442,498,499,500,38645,304418,489,12788,33118,57072,304431,10408,2396,501,38402,156,83415,256797,15489,304423,218699,304428,304425,304435,282394,440,125690,304427,304434,304424,2882,52059,28414,304432,111,139,69,8457,3074,304426,304429,5823,384,6102,77098,14124,304420,10097,376,53706,304430,304422,304433,304421,113470,304419],"class_list":["post-618228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-art","tag-art-books","tag-artist","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-artwork","tag-ascensio","tag-books","tag-color","tag-creative","tag-creative-activity","tag-creative-inspiration","tag-creativity","tag-culture","tag-design","tag-drop","tag-entertainment","tag-hometown","tag-hometown-art","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-art","tag-kansas-city-artist","tag-kansas-city-culture","tag-kansas-city-landmarks","tag-kmbc","tag-landmarks","tag-local","tag-local-artist","tag-local-artwork","tag-local-landmark","tag-local-landmarks","tag-love","tag-meditation","tag-missouri","tag-missouri-artist","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-paint","tag-painting","tag-painting-books","tag-painting-landmarks","tag-passion","tag-people","tag-side","tag-sketches","tag-skill","tag-tiffany-ascensio","tag-tourism","tag-water","tag-watercolor","tag-watercolor-art","tag-watercolor-artist","tag-watercolor-book","tag-watercolor-books","tag-watercolor-painting","tag-watercoloring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}