
Explore watercolors through practical techniques for sea scenes, including cerulean blue washes, color gradation, negative space painting, and dry brush textures, emphasizing ripples, reflections, and subtle light.
Capture a calm water scene with a lone boat and pier, emphasizing crisp reflections and subtle ripples to convey water texture.
Capture a watercolor waterfall with simplified shapes and dry brush textures. Focus on the water and overall impression, letting colors bleed for a loose, impressionistic look.
Paint a moody Maine pier scene using a gray warm sky, with a tilted pier, pilings, reflections, and a shack; build depth with trees, boats, rocks, and shadows.
Master sailboats in watercolors by building grays and blues, lifting for light, and adding reflections with perspective lines; highlight a focal color with red or yellow to guide the eye.
Critiques focus on avoiding tangents and cropping near the paper edge to improve composition and focal clarity. Emphasize varied values and clear edges to strengthen cohesion in watercolor scenes.
Review basics and techniques for painting water with watercolors, including water types, ratios, timing, washes, and reflections. Practice small studies to build consistency and progress from sketches to refined work.
Hi, and welcome to How To Paint Water With Watercolors.
In this class we will dive deep into paint various water elements such as;
waterfalls
crashing waves
still ponds
shadows vs. reflections
much more
The lessons will start with the very basic water painting techniques and from there we will build upon them with more advanced ideas.
Who should take this class?
Any watercolorist that wants an in-depth class for paint water elements. Beginners are welcome but know we will get into more advanced techniques as the class moves forward. Take this class only if you are serious and motivated to paint awesome watercolor landscapes with water features.
What you will love about this class
This class features detailed demos for each water element
Then we will look at the Masters (Hawthhorn, Seago, Wesson, etc) to see how they may have used these ideas plus some of their own to paint wonderful landscapes with water features
Then we will use real photos of with water elements and decide which techniques we would use to paint it
Then we will paint each of the water photos based on our approach and ideas
Critiques will be offered to those that submit projects (three total critique checkpoints)
Then Robert, the teacher, will complete the same assignments as you so that you can compare your ideas and art with his