Design a Classic Ink and Wash Watercolor In 20 Minutes
The Essentials of Watercolor: Simple Techniques that Bring Paintings to Life
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The Essentials of Watercolor: Simple Techniques that Bring Paintings to Life
The Essentials of Watercolor: Simple Techniques that Bring Paintings to Life
The Essentials of Watercolor: Simple Techniques that Bring Paintings to Life
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Watercolor can be a difficult medium to use because of its uncontrollable nature. It has a mind of its own and is often unpredictable but its elusive qualities are part of its attraction. Professional artist and teacher Louise De Masi has been seduced by this beautiful medium. Join Louise in this 58 minute class as she demonstrates why watercolor has captured her heart.
Quick, expressive watercolor paintings from life can be a lot more approachable than you think using a great form-building technique called direct painting. What IS direct painting? In this class we’re going to skip the drawing, and dive straight in paint-first to create watercolors that use brushstrokes to capture the form and energy of your subject.
Welcome to my second Skillshare class! This class is aimed towards intermediate level watercolor users. If you are a beginner, please take my first class: Modern Watercolor Techniques for Beginners, as we will be referring to basic techniques throughout this class.
Here I will show you how to achieve great results painting in negative space, using either your pulse and precision skills, or masking fluid, as well as techniques for using white paint (ink or acrylics) over you watercolors.
I also demonstrate a variety of paintings I have created and explain why and how I used certain techniques.
I addition, we will dive into experimental watercolor even more, using different mediums and household supplies, including masking fluid, acetone (nail polish remover), thick grain salt… to name a few!
By the end of this class you will be able to complete an AMAZING watercolor illustration, using the various techniques we have learned. You will also begin to train your watercolor brain to think in layers and sections.
Happy to have you here!
Class Layout:
- Supplies
what are we using and how?
- Blocking Space
Using masking fluid vs negative space and when to use ink over watercolor
- Negative Space Exercise
- Masking Fluid Exercise
- Using Acrylic/Ink Over Watercolor
- Experimental Textures
- Cloud Practice
-Final Project (using all the techniques we learned)
- Painting Clouds
Along with learning the skills to paint dancing Northern Lights, you will learn something far more important in this class - GOING WHERE YOUR PAINTING WANTS TO TAKE YOU.
That's right! Watercolor is a medium unlike any other. By letting the colors blend however they want on paper, you will get effects that are IMPOSSIBLE to get in any other medium. It seems like a hard thing to learn but you'll see how easily we will achieve this in today's class.
You will also get loads of small yet effective tips throughout this class which will improve your creative practice.
Through this class I am going to help you get rid of fear and doubt when approaching a watercolor landscape and we are going give ourselves the permission to embrace the unpredictable nature of watercolors and how to work with the “mistakes” that come with it.
Are you ready to paint the ethereal, dacing Aurora Borrealis with me?
Music:
Flying High by Fredji
Prelude White by Svyat Ilin
In Watercolor by Design, students will be guided to create their own unique, watercolor painting inspired by nature. Through use of basic design fundamentals, students will create a beautiful composition while learning about watercolor basics—such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and dry-on-dry brush techniques.
