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Watercolor Painting like a Pro - It's easier than you think !

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Overview

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Do you wonder what you are doing wrong in your watercolor paintings?

Would you like to learn to paint watercolors avoiding an amateurish look?

Watercolor's characteristic transparencies lend to creating some amazing works of art and I want to show you what I have learnt from some great masters.

We'll brush up (pun intended!) first on some basics (mixing paint to paint a colour wheel, and different effects) first, then dive straight into a scene to paint. We will plan our painting before we start.

This is the secret; planning what you will be doing in which steps, which brushes, with which colors. There is so much more to watercolor than coloring in an outline. 

Syllabus

  • Watercolor Painting like a Pro..It's easier than you think
  • Painting Venice Part 1 - A few words about composition
  • Painting Venice Part 2 - First Wash Light tones
  • Painting Venice part 3 Mid Tones on Dry Paper
  • Painting Venice Part 4 More Mid tones
  • Painting Venice Part 5 Moving onto Final Stages
  • Painting Venice Final Part 6 Darkest tones
  • Where do you start with Watercolors? Learn different effects.
  • Tools of the Trade: Brushes
  • Brush up on Color Theory
  • Practicing Clouds

Taught by

Michelle Smith

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