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Fun At The Beach Watercolour Workshop
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(13 ratings)
108 students

Fun At The Beach Watercolour Workshop

Workshops are great for Novice Painters to learn New Watercolour Techniques
Created byBev Morgan
Last updated 12/2016
English

What you'll learn

  • Review basic watercolour tecniques and create a beautiful painting of a little boy playing with his dog
  • 'Can't draw', no problem; you will be shown how to transfer an image unto watercolour paper
  • Learn new techniques to protect the whites of your paper and enjoy pouring watercolours
  • Paint shadows and develop contrast on a boy and his dog

Course content

1 section • 14 lectures • 2h 34m total length

  • Welcome10:08

    Welcome to Lecture 1: In this workshop, we will review the steps of a watercolour from a photo reference. Bev's watercolour approach varies with each reference depending on the effect of light. As the sun was going down, wonderful contrasts started to develop on this little boy and dog.

  • Transferring and Sketching14:31

    You will find a transfer sheet with the outline of this reference attached with the guide. Bev will explain the steps to transfer any image from a computer sheet onto your watercolour paper. After removing the transfer, you will be shown how to re-draw your image with shadows, so that you will start to get to know your reference.


  • Saving the Whites13:11

    In Watercolours, I do not use white paint often. You can protect the whites on the paper but either using masking fluid or packing tape. When there is a larger area or uncontrolled pouring of watercolours, packing tape is very useful.

  • Pouring Watercolours9:22

    So much fun to see the magic happens, when we pour watercolours onto our paper. You never know what the outcome will be!

  • Wet on Wet10:30

    Wet on Wet technique is a more controlled technique where you can apply watercolours in certain areas on wet paper.

  • Removing Tape and Masking7:53

    After removing the masking fluid and packing tape, you discover quickly that your sketch has slightly lightened or lines have to be corrected. Take time to look at your reference and make adjustments as needed.

  • Shadows19:05

    By adding shadows at this point, you will start to become familiar with the subject and their highlights.

  • Boy's Hat and Frisbee8:53

    In this lecture, we will start painting the boy's hat and the dog's Frisbee. Having shadows already painted can be seen under the transparency of the watercolour washes.

  • Flesh colour8:51

    This lecture explains how to mix watercolours for the boys face and hands. Again we are concerned with the shadows cast.

  • Boy's Sweater9:44

    Novice artists should start using two brushes: one to apply the paint and the other to soften. This technique is especially good to use when painting clothes.

  • Boy's Shorts and Dog15:59

    Again artists should use two brushes: one to apply the paint and the other to soften. This technique is especially good to use when painting clothes. This technique is again used to paint the black dog to create highlights on it's fur.

  • Reflections and Waves17:07

    There was reflections in the water because the wind was still and the tide was going out. There was small waves and as the boy walked out the sand was stirring.

  • Adding our Darks7:24

    Nearing to the end of a painting, it is always good practise to look at your painting at a distance. Ask yourself these questions:

    • Does your painting needs more reflective colour in the water? If so add more
    • Does your boy or dog need more darks? If so paint more darks
    • Do you need to paint darker areas of the water especially at the bottom of the waves 
  • What did we Learn?1:51

    In this workshop, you learned:

    • How to create your own Transfer paper
    • How to protect a large area using packing tape
    • How to create unusual backgrounds, just by pouring watercolours and letting the paint create 'magical' colours
    • How to paint the contrast of light and shadows

Requirements

  • Students need to purchase or acquire watercolour supplies such as paints, brushes, and paper. Supply list on Lecture One
  • Students should be able to print the resource guide, photo and transfer references.

Description

Learn how to bring colour, composition and techniques together to create a watercolour work of art! 

As we paint, we will review the basic information of watercolour paper, paints and brushes from previous courses.

This course was especially made for novice students or seasoned artists  to encourage them to try a new techniques such as pouring watercolours and creating clothes shadows and have fun by 'doing'. For those students 'terrified' to draw, a easy transfer method is explained and special hints using packing tape is provided.

'Fun at the Beach' makes an excellent reference for learning how to paint skin tones and shadows on the clothes.

Students will begin developing their own personal skills for future paintings.

Teacher available for any questions during and after this course. She would love to see your original paintings.

Students will receive 2.6 hours of video supported with written and verbal step-by-step instructions

At the end of this course, you will have a beautiful, final masterpiece "Fun at the Beach" to be proud of! Happy Painting

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for novice painters or for artists who would like to expand their watercolour techniques
  • Non-painters should take the Beginner courses offered by Bev such as "Birch Trees" and "Northern Lights" prior to this course

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