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Watercolor Workout - Basics & Beyond
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Watercolor Workout - Basics & Beyond

Learn to master the watercolor characteristics
Created byRobert Joyner
Last updated 3/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn the characteristics of watercolors
  • Learn to NOT control the uncontrollable
  • Learn that 'happy accidents' are a gift
  • Learn areas of painting that you can control
  • Learn how fusion and gravity create watercolor magic
  • Learn to paint simple objects
  • Learn to paint more complex subjects
  • Learn to draw with your paintbrush
  • Learn to allow watercolor to create loose, expressive art

Course content

6 sections • 62 lectures • 8h 48m total length

  • Welcome2:49
  • Materials & Setup4:49
  • Transparency Part 14:48

    Master watercolor transparency by layering light washes with a water-heavy pigment mix, drying between passes with a hairdryer, and avoiding overworking the paint to keep washes even.

  • Transparency Part 24:08

    Explore three-color transparency in watercolor by layering cadmium yellow and crimson with ultramarine blue to reveal secondary hues through controlled washes, drying times, and minimal passes.

  • Water & Gravity7:06

    Explore how water fuses colors and gravity moves pigment on wet and dry surfaces. Observe how paper wetness and paint thickness affect bleeding and dispersion in wet-on-wet.

  • Stroke Speed3:39
  • Water & Hues4:47
  • Hue Transitions4:27
  • Silverware7:59
  • Silverware Part 25:09
  • Abstract Squares11:45
  • Sphere & Cube9:09
  • Red Sphere & Cube8:38
  • Value & Color Challenge12:04
  • Random Painting Exercise9:41
  • Easy Mountain Project5:12
  • Easy Landscape Project8:23
  • Easy Tree Project8:30

    Explore an easy tree landscape using watercolor washes, layered foreground and middle ground, and a dark vertical to create distance, with pigment lifting and negative space painting.

Requirements

  • Basic watercolor supplies

Description

Welcome to Watercolor Workout.

This is a course designed to develop the basic fundamentals and embrace the characteristics of watercolors. It's suited for all levels from the very beginner to the experienced artist that's been around for a while. We will cover many subjects and styles which will make you step outside your comfort zone. After all, this is where great things and growth happens.

The class will begin with a beginner module. In it I will share various demonstrations for developing a keen awareness of the characteristics of watercolors. These lessons aren't to be ignored even if you have been around watercolor painting for a while.

As we mover deeper into the workout we will incorporate more advanced ideas including how to exploit 'happy accidents', wet-in-wet washes, drawing with the paintbrush and more.

There are many exercises along the way but the class ends with a series of projects that will test your skills and ability to maximize the uncontrollable world of watercolors.

I hope you enjoy the workout. And when you are finished with the class you can flex your new watercolor muscles.

This class is perfect for learning to embrace the loose and somewhat uncontrollable qualities of watercolors. Most artists try to control every brushstroke, color and results but this is the absolute worst thing you could do. The medium is intended to be more random than others. It's best to control certain areas and then get out of the way when it's starts to fuse and mingle.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner and experienced watercolor artists that want to learn

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