Trees in Watercolours

Name: Trees in Watercolours
Rating: 4.7 (23 reviews)

Go from a non-painter to a watercolourist with confidence with a little help from Bev!

Created byBev Morgan

Last updated 10/2016

English

What you'll learn

Create a beautiful "Birch trees" painting to be proud of!
Review of Colour Theory by creating a Colour Wheel, and playing with complementary colours.
The best way to understand the medium of watercolours is to experiment with a variety of techniques which make up a watercolour artist toolbox
Are you a beginner painter? This class is for you with 'step by step' instructions!

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 1h 29m total length

Lecture 1 - Welcome to Watercolours0:48
Welcome to this watercolour course for those students who have never picked up a brush! These step by step instructions will guide you to create your first painting by learning basic watercolour techniques!
Lecture 2 - Tools for the Trade16:22
When you are new to a new medium, it's great to have an explanation of the tools used: such as paper, brushes and watercolour paints! Pdf file is attached with the information
Lecture 3 - Getting Organized5:03
Before any project, we have to get our supplies organized so that we can start painting! Supply list provided at the end of Lecture 3 video
Lecture 4 - Let's do some Techniques9:38
This lecture will review the techniques used in developing our 'Birch Trees Watercolour painting'. You can practise "Wet on Wet", "making shadows", Salt, and Splattering.
Lecture 5 - Protecting the whites7:28
Since we don't have white paint, we will protect our trees using masking tape and masking fluid.
Lecture 6 - Fun with Background11:25
The fun begins... we will starting painting our wet on wet techniques on the background of the trees. Enjoy sprinkling salt and splattering the paints!
Lecture 7 - Lifting and Shadows10:32
When our background is dry, the masking tape and masking fluid is removed and we can starting painting shadows our trees. Because we use non-staining or lift-able colours, we can easily lift and create new branches!
Lecture 8 - Wet on Dry11:39
Time to add some dark colours on our birch trees creating unusual bark. Also we can add some dark contrast in our background to add more dimension to our trees!
Lecture 9 - Conclusion1:32
In this final lecture, we see our final masterpiece "Birch trees". With step by step instructions, anyone can learn basic watercolour techniques and develop skills in future paintings. We reviewed tools of the trade such as watercolour paper, paints and brushes. This course was especially made for beginner students to encourage them to pick up a brush and have fun by 'doing'.
Lecture 10 Bonus - Colour Theory15:06
The Colour Wheel shows that a painting can be done with a limited colour range. Discover how easy it is to create secondary colours (orange, green, violet) from our primary colours (Red, Blue, Yellow).

Neutral or Grey can be easily made by using complementary colours.

In watercolours, painting in shadows adds dimension to your painting. An easy shadow mixture of adding Alizarin crimson with a grey mixture (Ultramarine blue and Burnt sienna) is great to use!
Painting Review

Requirements

Basic watercolour supplies, including paper, brushes and paints

Description

At the end of this course, we have a beautiful, final masterpiece "Birch trees" to be proud of. I would love to see your paintings that you have created!
•This course provided step by step instructions, so anyone can learn basic watercolour techniques and develop their personal skills in future paintings.
•We reviewed tools of the trade such as watercolour paper, paints and brushes. The most common watercolour paper is cold pressed because it gives a nice surface texture to paint on. In this course, Watercolour paints come in either tubes or small pans. Brushes are made with Natural hairs, synthetic or blended. In this course we used only two types: round and flat.
• The Bonus lecture introduced basic colour theory. Students were able to create their own Colour Wheel and see for themselves the magic of secondary colours appearing.
• This course was especially made for beginner students to encourage them to pick up a brush and have fun by 'doing'.

Happy Painting

Bev

Who this course is for:

This course is suited for the "Beginner" painter who always wanted to learn but afraid to start!
No prior painting skills required
This course is too basic for seasoned watercolour artists