TOP TIPS for watercolor painting. Save time expense & STRESS

Name: TOP TIPS for watercolor painting. Save time expense & STRESS
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After years or painting in watercolors I have gathered a few tips that may save you unwanted expense, time & frustration

Created byNicola A Blakemore

Last updated 8/2023

English

What you'll learn

Students will feel able to correct mistakes.
Learn handy picture framing tips.
See how to look after your paints and brushes.
How to make painting outdoors easier.
Loads of short cuts, coloured tracing, create symmetry and more.
Money saving tips, replenish you paint box.

Course content

7 sections • 19 lectures • 40m total length

How to find your way around the Udemy platform.4:06
How to find your way around the Udemy platform.

It may well save you a lot of time if you just have a look at this PDF in the resources.

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Using an adjustable mount to study your painting1:40
Using an adjustable mount to study your painting
Doing this can really help you look at your work in a different way. It will help you spot any mistake and make adjustments to composition or colour values.
Recycling - embellishing or disguising a marked or damaged mount1:38
Recycling - embellishing or disguising a marked or damaged mount
Buy mounts whether ready cut or made to order can be an expensive business. Try this and see if you can salvage any you have which may not be at their best.
Make painting 'plein air' ( painting outdoors ) easier for yourself.4:11
Create your own 'plein air' palette.1:07

Creating believable shadows4:53
Creating believable shadows.
I have made this short video, which I hope will help you with drawing and painting shadows.

Next time you are out in the sunshine take a good look at your own shadow, move about and see how it appears. Look at the shadows cast by buildings and other objects.

Especially look at subjects such as branches and notice the difference in the shadows cast by branches which may the touching a wall and those which aren't

MOST OF ALL : Identify the light source and be consistent - that's the key
How to mix a large quantity of colour wash.0:46

Painting straight lines in watercolour.3:22
Painting a straight line in watercolor.
This is really easy when you get used to the idea of using a brush and a rule
Getting symmetry in your drawing - easy2:15
Getting symmetry in your drawing - easy
This is a great help when you have a subject which is symmetrical.
A clever tip for making a coloured tracing.0:42
A clever tip for making a coloured tracing.
This is a quite handy tip. You may not always want a grey coloured tracing.
How to deal with a broken cap on a tube of paint.1:30
It sometimes happens.
Here is a tip to salvage the paint in the tube.
How to get the paint back in the tube, honestly !1:30
How to get the paint back in the tube, honestly !
This will work with any metal tubes.
NEW BONUS LECTURE1:01

Requirements

Students will already be painting with watercolour paints.
Students will be wanting to build their confidence when painting with watercolour paints
Students will make headway with their watercolour painting more quickly

Description

NEW BONUS LECTURE added August 2023

These tips which I have picked up or discovered over the years could save you a lot of time, frustration and expense.

Some of them are just common sense, but I don't know what you don't know.

Planning is 99% of any task you embark on. So getting the preparation sorted out so you are ready to paint can only be helpful then you are free to totally concentrate on the work in hand. I often slip up myself and find I don't have everything I need to hand and then I am out of flow as I sort myself out. It can even be that you have just what you have to do to fix a certain problem, then you forget what you were going to do.

Take a look and just remember to think of these things every time you start a new painting and during the process. And if you discover any other helpful or interesting tips that I could add to the course just let me know and then we can all benefit from your discovery. People are always discovering new or better ways of doing things, so keep that in mind.

Whatever enjoy your painting and if you think the information you gain from this course is valid and helpful please leave a friendly review.

Enjoy your painting, love Nicola

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to improve their watercolour painting techniques
Anyone who wants to paint with watercolours with more confidence.
This is for those who want to paint with watercolours and take risks.
This is for students who want to improve their watercolour painting.

TOP TIPS for watercolor painting. Save time expense & STRESS

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 4min

Here are my TOP TIPS3 lectures • 4min

Look at it a different way.4 lectures • 9min

Paints2 lectures • 4min

Brushes care and maintenance tips1 lecture • 3min

How to....2 lectures • 6min

Party tricks.6 lectures • 10min

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