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Paint Potted Plants in Watercolor: A 14 Day Art Challenge

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Overview

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Are you a plant and watercolor lover? Learn to paint popular potted plant illustrations using watercolors with a 14 day art challenge. You do not need to wait, all the lessons are available right away.

Are you someone who has lost touch with your creativity? Painting one small thing every day is a great way to get it back or develop a new creative practice. Watercolor is a lovely medium to get started and painting everyday will build your creative confidence.

 Potted plants are not just a very popular subject but also very relaxing to paint.

With this class you'll learn:

  • Tips to follow art challenges successfully.
  • Building a design database for future use.
  • Important watercolor Techniques:
    • Painting wet on wet.
    • Painting wet on dry.
    • Lifting color.
    • Negative painting.
    • Adding details on wet and dry surfaces.
  • Color mixing recipes.
  • Step by step painting 14 unique potted plant illustrations.

This class is meant for all skill levels. Beginners or experienced artists are both welcome.

The goal of this class is to get you painting one small plant and pot combination every single day for 14 days to develop a creative practice while you learn important watercolor techniques that you can use beyond this class.

By the end of this class you’ll have 14 lovely plant illustrations and the confidence to further explore watercolor as an art medium. 

Here are the 14 potted plants illustrations you can paint in this class:

More Watercolor Classes:

  • Learn to paint flowers in ceramic, wood, metal and glass vases —-> Watercolor Beyond Loose Florals: 8 Unique Flowers and Pots Projects
  • Get started with loose florals —-> Watercolor Loose Florals : Paint and Explore

About the teacher

My name is Garima Srivastava, I’m an artist and illustrator based in The Netherlands. I’ve been painting since 2011 and watercolor is my favourite medium. I love creating and teaching art that’s beautiful yet simple and achievable.

Useful Links

You can follow my art journey on  Instagram here

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See you in the class!

   

Syllabus

  • Welcome to the Class
  • Project Overview
  • Resources and Class Framework
  • Art Supplies
  • Art Challenge Tips
  • Watercolor Techniques
  • Colors
  • Design Database
  • Day 1 String of Pearls
  • Day 2 Areca Palm
  • Day 3 Chinese Money Plant
  • Day 4 Oxalis Triangularis
  • Day 5 Rubber Plant
  • Day 6 Peace Lily
  • Day 7 Calathea
  • Day 8 Tradescantia
  • Day 9 Aloe Vera
  • Day 10 Gollum Jade
  • Day 11 Snake Plant
  • Day 12 Fiddle Leaf Fig
  • Day 13 Begonia
  • Day 14 Monstera
  • Closing words

Taught by

Garima Srivastava

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