Basic Watercolor For Illustration

Learn by observation and application!

What you'll learn

Basic Watercolor Techniques and Principles for Aspiring Illustrators

Watercolor Illustration

How to build up layers and brush strokes to create detailed art

Using Pencils with Watercolor

Requirements

Water

Watercolor paint in palette or tube form

Watercolor paper (or a sturdy alternative like Bristol paper - though with non-watercolor paper the results may differ from the videos)

A variety of mixed media brushes (at least a round brush - a larger flat brush is great too!)

A paint palette and/or scrap paper for mixing

Graphite and Colored Pencils (for detail work)

Eraser

Blue masking tape (optional if you don't have it - if the paper buckles too much you can just press the finished art between a thick book when finished)

Some drawing experience

Optional: White Charcoal Pencil

Paper Towel

Some Drawing Experience and basic Color Theory

Description

An introductory watercolor illustration course for the young and young at heart! Are you interested in watercolor illustration? Do you enjoy drawing and want to go to the next step and learn how to paint your sketches?  Do you work best with an easy-going hands-on approach with the teacher showing their thought and decision-making process for their choices?Well, this is the class for you! In this little course, I will take you through the basics of watercolor and you will get to observe how I work with the water and paint. As needed, I will explain my thought process and decision-making as I paint.  For some of the watercolor paintings, we will also use pencils. We will practice painting simple subjects to ease you into watercolor and then lightly sketch out some advanced subjects to paint together.The artist who takes this course might know some color theory and is ready to experiment with mixing watercolors. The artist who takes this course might be someone who wants to observe all the little details (like how an artist might mix paints).This course is also ideal for someone who has an interest in watercolor illustration. You can jump into this course, new to watercolor, and with a bit of a background in drawing.  In the beginning, we will make paint some simple subjects that don't require drawing, so we can reinforce the watercolor techniques. This is a short and comprehensive for someone who wants to learn through observation and practice.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Materials

Section 2: Watercolor Basics and Tools

Lecture 3 Watercolor Techniques

Lecture 4 Values and Layering/Glazing

Section 3: Trees and Flowers - Small Practice Projects for Shapes and Color Mixing

Lecture 5 Painting Flower Shapes - Getting comfortable with your brush/color mixing

Lecture 6 Paint a Simple Tree

Lecture 7 More Trees!

Section 4: Carrot - Illustration I

Lecture 8 Let's Illustrate a Carrot!

Section 5: Butterfly - Illustration II

Lecture 9 Sketching and Painting a Monarch Butterfly

Section 6: Flowers - Illustration III

Lecture 10 Taping down Paper & Sketching Out the Drawing and Painting

Section 7: Additional Content/Conclusion

Lecture 11 Additional Content I: Speedpaint | Astronaut in Space |

Lecture 12 Conclusion - Additional Content II: Speedpaint | Watercolor Rose (No Voiceover)

Students who want to use watercolor to become illustrators and might have an interest in children's books or food illustration,Students who want to jump in, paint, and experiment with materials on hand!,Students who like to learn by observing thought processes and choice (learn by observation, hands-on),Artists who might already know some basics of drawing and color, but are new to watercolor painting,Students who want to observe lots of watercolor mixing,Students looking to learn from a relaxed, casual, non-intimidating teaching style - children are welcome!,Students who are inclined to patient, somewhat detail-oriented art styles