Watercolor 101 (Live Online)

This workshop covers everything you need to know about watercolor to use it fluently in your projects: how to mix colors, use washes, work from light to dark, use reserve and additives, and even such advanced technique as watercolor underpainting. This course will teach you: Watercolor brushwork Wet-on-wet Wet-on-dry Watercolor underpainting Painting a portrait Detailed Curriculum: Day 1: Flat washes. Basic watercolor techniques and common mistakes. Painting a simple landscape a-la-Voloshin. Day 2: Eastern Watercolor. Mastering various brushstrokes, painting a blossom tree, koi fish, and a dragon. Day 3: Combination of wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques. Painting a flower. Day 4: Wet-on-Wet watercolor. Painting a cat. Day 5: Classical watercolor with an underpainting. Starting a small realistic still life (trompe-l'oeil). Day 6: Finishing the still life. Day 7: Starting a realistic portrait. Tips on painting human skin, hair, eyes. Day 8: Finishing a realistic portrait. Days 9-10: Final project of a choice. This workshop covers everything you need to know about watercolor to use it fluently in your projects: how to mix colors, use washes, work from light to dark, use reserve and additives, and even such advanced technique as watercolor underpainting.This course will teach you:Watercolor brushworkWet-on-wetWet-on-dryWatercolor underpaintingPainting a portraitDetailed Curriculum:Day 1: Flat washes. Basic watercolor techniques and common mistakes. Painting a simple landscape a-la-Voloshin.Day 2: Eastern Watercolor. Mastering various brushstrokes, painting a blossom tree, koi fish, and a dragon.Day 3: Combination of wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques. Painting a flower.Day 4: Wet-on-Wet watercolor. Painting a cat.Day 5: Classical watercolor with an underpainting. Starting a small realistic still life (trompe-l'oeil).Day 6: Finishing the still life.Day 7: Starting a realistic portrait. Tips on painting human skin, hair, eyes.Day 8: Finishing a realistic portrait.Days 9-10: Final project of a choice.