Master strong colors, curves, shape & shadow in 5 EASY STEPS
What you'll learn
- Complete this watercolour picture in FIVE easy stages
- Have fun while you learn to paint in watercolour.
- Plan an order of working and how to use masking fluid/latex.
- Learn how to get the most from your brushes.
- Learn about colour values in watercolour.
- Learn how to lay a WASH and a simple WOOD GRAIN effect.
- Get some great tips on COMPOSITION and COLOUR MIXING.
- Learn how to create HIGHLIGHTS and realistic SHADOWS.
Requirements
- Watercolor paints
- Watercolor paper
- Two watercolour paint brushes, large and small. Details within the course
- Mixing palette or plate
- Masking fluid/latex
- Absorbent kitchen paper and two jam jars for water.
- Enthusiasm for being creative
Description
Happy New Year and here's to a creative 2023.
An extra lecture has been added in response to a student's question.
This is a 'learn as you paint' workshop. In other words you will be learning how to paint with water colors as you actually paint a picture. Complete this bright and juicy picture of the strawberries on a plate and improve on you existing skills and learn others..
Follow each VIDEO DEMONSTRATION for the techniques to complete the painting. Relax and enjoy painting as and when it suits you and at your own pace, and see how well one of my students got on with the same picture at the end.
At anytime you can post questions for any advice and also for feedback on your finished painting.
There are also plenty additional notes, professional tips, and extra tuition notes which you can download to build you own 'theory' folder'.
Why choose one of my courses?
Because, as a self taught artist I understand how a lot of people feel about their creative work, sometimes anxious, sometimes overwhelmed and often that it's not 'good enough'. I will hold your hand as you overcome these fears as I offer a friendly, relaxed and sensitive teaching style.
I also have years of experience of teaching people of all levels both in person and via the internet.
Do one of my courses and you will feel as if I am in the room with you every step of the way.
Enjoy your painting, love Nicola
Who this course is for:
- Perfect for someone who paints in another media and wants to try watercolors.
- This course is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to use watercolor paints
- Perfect for anyone who is uncertain about planning a painting in watercolour.
- This will help those with shading and using strong colours
- Great for a beginners to spread their wings
Instructor
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Why choose one of my courses?
Because, as a self taught artist I understand how a lot of people feel about their creative work, sometimes anxious, sometimes overwhelmed and often that it's not 'good enough'.
Well I will hold your hand as you overcome these fears as I offer a friendly, relaxed and sensitive teaching style.
Do one of my courses and you will feel as if I am in the room with you every step of the way.
Here's a bit about me.
I originally trained as a graphic artist, and then followed a different career path working in the national media, travel and public relations in both London and Paris.
After sometime I returned to my creative roots full time, so to speak, and became a full time artist, teacher and creative entrepreneur.
The artist bit means I have worked in a variety of media, but am currently splashing about with watercolours. I love the magic they make when the pigments play with the water. And if you let them do their own thing, it's even better.
I have also painted murals in a child's bedroom or around a swimming pool, covering everything from fairies to Tuscan views. Painted furniture with decorative effects and designs and given walls specialist paint effects and stencils. All fun stuff for the discerning home owner
The teaching bit involved me teaching a 'Decorative Paint Effects' section of an interior design certificate course at Kidderminster College, Worcestershire, UK. Here they studied paint effects for walls and furniture, designing and cutting stencils, Period design elements and produced sample boards.
Then continuing the theme of teaching I have also tutored on many private workshops in the above subjects plus decoupage, gilding and trompe l'oeil (trick the eye painting).
Now, installed in the south of France I continue with all of the above but adding on-line courses to my creative portfolio. Flexibility is the name of the game in today's world
I have exhibited widely in the area.
Recently I was invited to plan and teach a creative summer school, offering a variety of artistic subjects, at one of the leading camping venues in the area. So, you never know some of these subjects might pop up as one of my courses on Udemy
I have had work featured in a national 'lifestyle' magazine and on BBC Radio 4 and Central TV in the UK