Watercolor Painting Projects For Beginners

Improve Your Watercolor Skills Through Practice!

What you'll learn

Paint a variety of subjects with step by step guidance

Learn watercolor painting techniques as you practice

How to use paint wet-in-wet and wet on dry

How to mix paint colors and apply paint to paper

How to build a painting step by step

How to create a sense of 3D form when painting an object

How to create a sense of depth when painting a landscape

Requirements

An interest in learning how to use watercolor paint

Basic watercolor painting supplies including paints, brushes, watercolor paper

Description

If you're a beginner who is feeling stuck with watercolor painting then this is the course for you. In this class I'll take you through six watercolor paintings designed to help you improve your watercolor skills through practice.As we go along I will give you tips and advice on color mixing, blending colors wet-in-wet, how to start and build a watercolor painting, creating textures, how to mix black and how to add realistic looking shadows.The lessons are designed for you to paint as you watch and listen so I can talk you through each stage of the painting. Each painting tutorial builds on the one before it, starting from the most simple and moving to more complex subjects.Projects include:1. Leaf Motif - basic wet in wet and wet on dry techniques2. Seas & Skies - creating a mood with color and technique3. Headland - create distance in a landscape4. Green Pear - create the illusion of 3D form5. Sunset Skies - Blend colors wet in wet and how to mix black6. Lily - a floral studyThis course is suitable for people with basic watercolor experience, or for those with no experience at all if you are willing to dive right in and give it a go! If you have worked with watercolor before you may like to choose which painting you start with. If you are a beginner I recommend starting from the first painting and working through to the last painting.I hope you'll join me for some relaxing watercolor practice time!Emily

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Materials

Section 2: Painting Project 1: Leaf Motif

Lecture 3 Leaf Motif: Color Preparation

Lecture 4 Leaf Motif: Painting & Blending Colors

Lecture 5 Leaf Motif: Painting The Details

Lecture 6 Leaf Motif: Adding A Background

Section 3: Painting 2: Skies & Seas

Lecture 7 Skies & Seas: Color Preparation

Lecture 8 Skies & Seas: Painting Sunny Conditions

Lecture 9 Skies & Seas: Painting Stormy Conditions

Lecture 10 Skies & Seas: Painting A Wave

Lecture 11 Skies & Seas: Summary

Section 4: Painting 3: Headlands

Lecture 12 Headlands: Color Preparation

Lecture 13 Headlands: Starting A Painting

Lecture 14 Headlands: Building The Sea & Land

Lecture 15 Headlands: Adding Details

Section 5: Painting 4: Green Pear

Lecture 16 Green Pear: Preparation & Sketching

Lecture 17 Green Pear: Starting With A Background

Lecture 18 Green Pear: Color Preparation

Lecture 19 Green Pear: Blending The Base Layer

Lecture 20 Green Pear: Adding Shadows & Texture

Section 6: Painting 5: Sunset Skies

Lecture 21 Sunset Skies: Color & Blending Preparation

Lecture 22 Sunset Skies: Painting The Sky

Lecture 23 Sunset Skies: Painting The Mountains

Lecture 24 Sunset Skies: Mixing Black

Section 7: Painting 6: Lily

Lecture 25 Lily: Color Preparation

Lecture 26 Lily: Starting With Sketching & Background

Lecture 27 Lily: Painting The Base Layer

Lecture 28 Lily: Painting The Petals

Lecture 29 Lily: Painting The Stem

Lecture 30 Lily: Building Up The Details

Lecture 31 Lily: Tidying Up

Beginner art students interested in learning how to paint,Students who prefer to learn through practical painting projects