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Aqua: Let us Master Water, Ocean, Waves and Seascapes with Watercolours in 30 Days

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Overview

Have you ever wondered how to depict the movement of water, the complex ocean waves and the water themed subjects with watercolours?

In this class, I will take you through 30 days of painting and capturing the movement of water, the complexity of the ocean waves, the moving ripples and several seascape paintings to help you master this vast subject.

Water is one of the most fascinating and difficult subjects to paint, combine that with the unpredictable movement of watercolor pigments on the paper, you can imagine how complex this subject is. In this class, I'm going to teach you everything I know about painting water and help you to master this subject through this versatile medium that is watercolours.

Every class project is preceded by an exercise lesson which will clearly explain about the techniques and materials used for the respective projects. Some of the projects are supplemented with downloadable worksheets to help you understand the brush strokes better and master this subject.

This class is well suited for all levels of artists especially beginners as the class is perfectly structured to start from a basic level and advance to an intermediate stage at a steady pace. We will also go through the colours and the colour mixing insights before proceeding to any class project which will help you to premix your colours in advance.

Joining this class will help you to:

  • Step up in painting water and its related subjects
  • Build a consistent painting habit which will boost your confidence and painting skills
  • Gain confidence in painting oceanscape and seascape paintings

We will be working with several techniques such as

  • wet on wet
  • wet on dry
  • splattering
  • blooms
  • salt technique

You can access the Water, Waves and Ocean Pinterest Board from here.

Links to other classes:

Ultimate Guide to Watercolors

Watercolor Pigment Properties and Colour Mixing

Water Control with Watercolors

Class Project Images and Materials List can be found here

Syllabus

  • Welcome to the Class
  • Art Supplies
  • Masking Fluid and its Alternatives
  • Structure of a Painting
  • Understanding Colours
  • Day 1 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 1 - Light and Ripples
  • Day 2 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 2 - Underwater Droplets
  • Day 3 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 3 - Rope in Water
  • Day 4 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 4 - Paper Boat
  • Day 5 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 5 - Buoys in Water
  • Day 6 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 6 - Surface Waves Part I
  • Day 6 - Surface Waves Part II
  • Day 7 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 7 - Sunlit Ocean
  • Day 8 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 8 - The Tropical Boat
  • Day 9 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 9 - Underwater Cave
  • Day 10 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 10 - Swan in Water Part I
  • Day 10 - Swan in Water Part II
  • Day 11 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 11 - Ocean Splash Part I
  • Day 11 - Ocean Splash Part II
  • Day 12 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 12 - Poles in Water Part I
  • Day 12 - Poles in Water Part II
  • Day 13 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 13 - Ocean Drone Shot
  • Day 14 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 14 - Large Crashing Wave Part I
  • Day 14 - Large Crashing Wave Part II
  • Day 15 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 15 - Rocks in the Ocean Drone Shot Part I
  • Day 15 - Rocks in the Ocean Drone Shot Part II
  • Day 16 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 16 - Underwater Flora
  • Day 17 - Techniques and Exercises Part I
  • Day 17 - Techniques and Exercises Part II
  • Day 17 - Ocean Wave and Foam Part I
  • Day 17 - Ocean Wave and Foam Part II
  • Day 18 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 18 - Jellyfish Under Water Part I
  • Day 18 - Jellyfish Under Water Part II
  • Day 19 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 19 - Twin Rocks Splash Part I
  • Day 19 - Twin Rocks Splash Part II
  • Day 20 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 20 - Sunset Ocean
  • Day 21 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 21 - Koi Fish in Water Part I
  • Day 21 - Koi Fish in Water Part II
  • Day 22 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 22 - Lighthouse Splash Part I
  • Day 22 - Lighthouse Splash Part II
  • Day 23 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 23 - Calm Beach
  • Day 24 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 24 - Girl's Legs Splashing Water Part I
  • Day 24 - Girl's Legs Splashing Water Part II
  • Day 25 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 25 - Icy Lake
  • Day 26 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 26 - Antartica Part I
  • Day 26 - Antartica Part II
  • Day 27 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 27 - Ocean Cliff
  • Day 28 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 28 Seagulls in Water Part I
  • Day 28 Seagulls in Water Part II
  • Day 29 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 29 - Flamingos in Water Part I
  • Day 29 - Flamingos in Water Part II
  • Day 29 - Flamingos in Water Part III
  • Day 30 - Techniques and Exercises
  • Day 30 - Waterfall Part I
  • Day 30 - Waterfall Part II
  • All the Paintings!
  • What Next? And Thank You!!

Taught by

Geethu Chandramohan

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