If you love painting with watercolors but find it difficult to create depth in your illustrations, this class is for you!
If you love painting with watercolors but find it difficult to create depth in your illustrations, this class is for you!
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Say “Hello” to the Summer and paint this tropical scenery with me!
In this quick and easy class you will learn how to:
- choose an interesting composition for your paintings;
- make your colors look well balanced;
- paint natural looking skies and palm trees.
If you are a beginner in watercolor, this class is for you!
Often beginners find it hard to choose the right colors for their paintings.
Using paints straight from the tube or pan can often lead to unbalanced, unnatural looking results.
In this class I will guide you through choosing colors that go well together and will show you a quick trick that will help you achieve a harmonious and well balanced piece.
Painting a beautiful scenery doesn’t have to be complex or time-consuming, you just need the right guidance and you’ll be enjoying cohesive and natural looking finished paintings.
Join me and let’s paint this easy-breezy piece together!
Materials needed:
- Watercolor Paper – I suggest that you use 100% cotton 300 GSM cold pressed paper. Rough texture will also work.
- Watercolor Paints – a regular set with the basic colors would do;
No painting experience required, you can create beautiful abstract paintings. Learn how to test colors for compatibility, create contrast and find patterns that are meaningful to you, for your art and then apply your learning to creating your unique painting.
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
In this class, I will cover basic drawing and watercolor painting techniques with a specific focus on songbirds. I will take you step-by-step through my process of creating this type of mixed media illustration. I am excited to share this approach since it is one of my favorite ways of creating artwork. I love the way the ink and watercolor look together!