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Lifestyle Arts & Crafts Watercolor Painting

Create a Garden & Nature Sketchbook

Celebrate the Outdoors With Ink & Watercolor
Rating: 0.0 out of 50.0 (0 ratings)
6 students
Created by Amy Stewart
Last updated 12/2020
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • Use pencil, ink, and watercolor to create a garden and nature sketchbook

Requirements

  • Beginning art skills

Description

When it comes to creating a garden or nature journal, there’s so much that you can explore with paint and ink.

In this class, we’re going to focus on creating a complete garden scene, with a variety of plants and even a little structure peeking out from behind the foliage.

And in order to do that, we’re going to tackle one of the most challenging aspects of sketching the natural world: quickly mixing a variety of greens.

I’ve taken a lot of art classes over the years, and I think that sometimes painters can get a little too technical when it comes to greens. So in this class I’m going to simplify and demystify greens, so we can get on with our painting!

But that’s not all! Garden and nature journals come to life when you use watercolors to capture the intense, luminous colors you see in flowers, leaves, and other details. So we’re also going to work on ways to really push the paints towards bold, vibrant colors.

We’ll work on loose and expressive pen and ink lines, too. I’m going to show you my approach to creating lines and marks and shapes that look entirely original-- like something that could only be made by you, at that particular place and that particular moment in time.

What we’re not going to do is get caught up in perfection or rigid accuracy. The great joy of a garden and nature journal is that it is a record of the time you spent in close observation. It’s a place for you to be yourself on the page.

With a little ink and watercolor, and some time to enjoy the outdoors, you can create a lively, personal record of your connection to nature.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginning and intermediate artists, gardeners, and nature lovers

Course content

7 sections • 20 lectures • 2h 0m total length

  • Preview03:35
  • Preview03:50

  • Demystifying Greens
    04:31
  • Find Your Greens
    12:33

  • Pencil Sketch
    03:16
  • Preliminary Drawing
    14:17
  • Inking the Shadows
    07:08
  • Painting the Big Shapes
    05:28
  • Adding the Greens
    10:51
  • Final Details & Shadows
    10:57

  • Watercolor Exercise
    05:51
  • Blind Contour Drawing Exercise
    04:15
  • Contour Drawing Exercise
    03:15

  • Drawing the Leaf
    05:56
  • Adding Ink with Brush Pen
    03:58
  • Painting the Leaf
    05:08

  • Drawing a Rose
    03:25
  • Painting a Rose
    06:52
  • More Floral Inspiration
    02:36

  • Wrapping Up
    02:51

Instructor

Amy Stewart
New York Times Bestselling Author & Artist
Amy Stewart
  • 4.7 Instructor Rating
  • 16 Reviews
  • 92 Students
  • 13 Courses

I'm the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Plants, and Girl Waits with Gun. I've been a full-time author for twenty years, and in that time my books have sold over a million copies worldwide and been translated into 17 languages.

I love talking to writers and artists, and bonding over the creative process. I started teaching so that I can inspire others to take the leap.

I believe that writing, drawing, and painting are all teachable skills. Forget about talent--it doesn't exist, and you don't need it. With some quality instruction and lots of practice, any of us can make meaningful, honest, and unique art and literature.

When I'm not writing or traveling on book tour, I'm painting and drawing in ink, watercolor, gouache, and oil. Come find me on my website or on Instagram to stay connected.

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