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2022-04-18T08:32:40Z

LifestyleArts & CraftsPainting

Core Skill - Master COLOR VALUES & make your work stand out.

Understand & use watercolor paint values in your paintings and reach a new leve,l getting your paintings noticed.
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (48 ratings)
1,334 students
Created by Nicola A Blakemore
Last updated 8/2019
English
English [Auto]

What you'll learn

  • Understand colour 'values' in watercolours and how to use them.
  • Learn how to make your watercolour painting work stand out from the rest.
  • Learn how to make you watercolour paintings look more realistic.
  • Learn how to add depth and drama to your watercolour painting.

Requirements

  • Students will need a basic understanding of watercolour paints.
  • Students will need watercolour paints, brushes and paper.
  • Students will also need a 2B pencil and a pen

Description

A MUST DO core subject. Get to grips with this aspect of painting and the standard of your work will rocket.

UPDATED 2022

Master the importance of watercolor paint values and raise your painting techniques to a higher level. 

If there is one thing that can really stop a good painting from becoming a terrific painting, is the lack of values. By this I mean that all the colors appear to be of the same intensity and there is little contrast. I see this often in my teaching, and believe me when the adjustment is made it really brings a painting to life. Don't be afraid of painting with stronger colors

Here you will see how to:

  1. Layer the same colour on top of itself to get a more intense colour

  2. You will see the difference more intense colours can make to a coloured watercolour painting.

  3. You will deepen your understanding by converting a colour painting into a sepia painting or monochrome painting.

These exercises will really help your understanding of the importance of fully using colour values to add drama to your work.

This is a must for painters who feel they have reached a plateau or that their watercolors work looks flat.

It's EASY to follow, stop and start as you wish, relax and enjoy working as and when it suits you and at your own pace.

At any time you can post questions for any advice and also for feedback on your finished paintings.

This what one student said:

'Very good course. I have been learning to paint exclusively through Udemy classes and this was my missing piece! I understand and know shading from pencil drawing but my paintings were flat and it drove me crazy. I was discovering layering however I was only doing 2 or 3 layers and the colors were to close together. This course and the simple exercises really demonstrate how to make your paintings have that "pop" to them. I am off to paint now, Nicola is a motivating instructor. Thank you, Nicola.  ' Josh Follansbee

  • 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:

  • This is for those who think their watercolour painting work looks a little flat and dull.
  • For those who want to raise the standard of their overall watercolour painting
  • This is for anyone who wants to really understand the magic of watercolour paints

Instructor

Nicola A Blakemore
Professional Artist, Teacher and Creative Entrepreneur
Nicola A Blakemore
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 5,146 Reviews
  • 39,777 Students
  • 42 Courses

    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 


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