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Lifestyle Arts & Crafts Watercolor Painting

QUICK START painting with watercolors, play & learn PART 1

Painting in watercolor? Easy when you do this course? Relax and play and gain the confidence to paint by having fun.
Rating: 4.3 out of 54.3 (34 ratings)
1,171 students
Created by Nicola A Blakemore
Last updated 2/2020
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Learn how your paints work by painting with them.
  • Beginners will improve their colour blending skills.
  • Get to grips with your brushes, how to use them effectively.
  • With shading learn how to make an object look three dimensional.
  • You will learn how to create highlights and shadows.
  • Start to learn about colour values.

Requirements

  • Some very thick paper or some 'watercolour' paper, by the least expensive for now.
  • A jam jar for water, some absorbent paper towel, a paint brush.
  • Any old box of water soluble paints or watercolour paintsand a pen such as a 'biro'.
  • You will need to have an open mind.
  • The ability to trust yourself and just play.
  • What you don't need is to know any technical stuff.

Description

This is my QUICK, KICK START watercolor painting course for those of you who think you can't or don't have time, let alone learn to relax

This is a shorter version of my best selling course 'Painting - you can. Just play & learn. I'll show you how.' I have created it for super busy people who want to learn to paint but think they can't or don't have time.

So you want to learn to paint with watercolors but either think you can't or don't have the time

Get ready to learn and relax as you play through this non threatening and friendly 'play - cedure'.

This is what one student posted in her blog :- 'I was so surprised to find that she (Nicola) started very simply, just playing with water and unmixed colors of paint. Slowly a beautiful patchwork of designs appeared on her page. Where borders and boundaries in the art were a bit blurred, she went in with a pen and neatened them up. Sometimes she chose to add designs with the pen and then paint over them, and other times she added swirls and triangles to the dried paint. With growing excitement I realized that this project was well within my comfort zone.'

With no one looking over your shoulder and no expectations you will find you are learning through play and gaining the confidence to do more. Most of all just enjoy the pleasure of doing it.

If, however, you don't enjoy it and are not happy you can claim a full refund within 30 days. No questions asked.

Who this course is for:

  • Even if you have never painted before you will get enjoyment from this course.
  • This 'play-cedure' is for anyone who has never painted before but would like to try.
  • This is for everyone who wishes to explore their creativity, essential for well being.
  • It is for anyone who wishes to reduce their stress levels.
  • For all who wish to experience personal growth

Featured review

Julie Pollard
Julie Pollard
15 courses
6 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 510 months ago
The instructor had a very engaging style and a reassuring manner. For those of us who tend to be perfectionists, even with new things, that was very helpful. It kept me from getting frustrated and giving up. I'm looking forward to Nicola's other courses.

Course content

5 sections • 22 lectures • 1h 21m total length

  • Preview04:06
  • Preview01:22
  • Preview02:03
  • What this 'Play-cedure' is all About - it's about you having fun for yourself
    02:06

  • Preview05:44
  • The really basic stuff about watercolour paints and how they work.
    05:19

  • Preview01:33
  • Let's Start Painting
    03:08
  • Paint What comes into Your Head
    02:40

  • Get Creative
    05:47
  • You Decide when it's Finished - not me, not your partner, you do
    04:31
  • Doodling or Meditation ?
    00:55

  • Mixing Greens, a simple recipe because you make it as YOU want it
    05:24
  • Let's start at the beginning - A is for Apple
    02:34
  • Starting to Paint the Apple
    04:03
  • Adding Depth of Colour and the Shadow
    04:52
  • Finishing
    01:28
  • Now have another go WITHOUT pen, use pencil. Part one
    06:44
  • Now have another go Part two
    09:24
  • Now have another go. Part three
    06:00
  • So what have you discovered.
    00:36
  • BONUS LECTURE- SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOU.
    01:30

Instructor

Nicola A Blakemore
Professional Artist, Teacher and Creative Entrepreneur
Nicola A Blakemore
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 4,492 Reviews
  • 36,462 Students
  • 38 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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