Full Introduction to Watercolour Painting - Self-Paced
Class experience
This course is a a great way to learn the most essential drawing and painting techniques that would be both fun and useful for all who love drawing. This course is a very detailed step by step guidance through all the main aspects of drawing, such as composition, understanding color, hatching techniques, layering, brush strokes and special effects, thickness of the paint and more! As a teacher, I always aim to create my art classes both fun and useful, trying to give as much information along...
8 lessons//8 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Sky and clouds + Practice painting - Ice-creamIntroduction to the most important painting techniques, such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, dry brush, layering, washes etcWeek 2Lesson 2Mountains in the fog, creating a beautiful watercolour postcardIntroduction to landscape painting, learning about paint consistency and aerial perspective.Week 3Lesson 3Animal Portrait - A CatIntroduction to animal drawing, learning about measuring proportions. We will create a colourful background and a paint a realistic silhouette of a cat.Week 4Lesson 4Animal drawing - A WolfWe will deepen our understanding of proportions and learn about the importance of contour. We will further explore silhouette art painting techniques.Week 5Lesson 5Underwater scene with a turtle and a coral reefIntroduction to mixed media techniques. We will learn how to break down a project into steps. We will be working with reference and imagination.Week 6Lesson 6Mushroom town + practice drawing "Floating Island"Introduction to inking. We will learn how to create a realistic illustration. We will be combining ink drawing with watercolour.Week 7Lesson 7Animal drawing - Realistic owl in watercolourWe will be combining the most important painting techniques to create a beautiful animal portrait.Week 8Lesson 8Painting a realistic eye with watercolour + colour mixing exercisesThis lesson is a thorough introduction to colour mixing and a colour wheel. We will be combining multiple techniques we learned in the course to paint an eye realistically.
1 file available upon enrollmentPrices below are matched to Amazon prices in Canada. You will receive a detailed video on supplies upon enrolment. A sketchbook Watercolour paper (300 g) 5-10$ for a pad A set of watercolour (pans or tubes) standard set 10-20$ Watercolour round brushes (big, medium and small) soft hair synthetic brushes ~15$ Watercolour palette ~8$ A jar with water (for painting) Paper towels Painter's tape
Hello! My name is Karina, I am a professional educator, artist and linguist. At this point, I have over 12 years of experience teaching students of all ages, both in-person and on-line. I'm also proud to be one of the top art teachers on Outschool...
Self-Paced Class
$12
weekly or $95 for all content8 pre-recorded lessons
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