Free online courseBeginner Watercolor Painting
Duration of the online course: 12 hours and 28 minutes
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Explore creative watercolor painting with this beginner-friendly online course. Master landscapes, skies, and more with expert tips and step-by-step guidance.
In this free course, learn about
- Foundations of Beginner Watercolor Landscapes
- Creating Depth and Seascape Elements
- Materials, Palettes, and Wet-on-Wet Techniques
- Skies, Trees, and Grass Essentials
- Common Watercolor Problems and Paper Handling
- Sand, Reflections, and Shadows
- Paper Preparation and Full Landscape Projects
Course Description
This free online course is perfect for beginners interested in mastering the art of watercolor painting. Ideal for enthusiasts in the Design and Art category, learners will discover a variety of fundamental techniques in the Drawing and Painting subcategory. Delve into step-by-step tutorials covering everything from capturing the last light of the day in landscape paintings to creating enchanting sunset skies over water using a limited palette.
The curriculum offers simple approaches to painting natural elements like realistic rocks and depth in landscapes, ensuring new artists develop a strong foundational skill set. With lessons on creating clouds and white foam on waves, artists will gain confidence in handling watercolor nuances associated with different textures and scenes.
Explore the technical aspects of watercolor with detailed guidance on palettes and paints. Learn to paint seashells using wet-on-wet techniques, and embrace the vibrant colors of autumn by practicing fall leaves painting. The course provides insights into avoiding common watercolor pitfalls like cauliflowers and making informed decisions on watercolor paper quality.
Comprehensive guidance on painting various subjects enriches this learning experience; from the landscapes featuring trees, hills, and cows to multiple tips for painting shadows and reflections, the course covers it all. Gain expertise in painting sand with step-by-step instructions for different textures, and enhance your sunset reflections with skillful demonstrations.
Whether you're curious about shading, reflections, or treating watercolor paper, this course equips you with 20 tips and comprehensive support to elevate your artistry. Dive into a creative journey and transform your watercolor practice with this ultimate beginner-friendly guide.
Course content
- Video class: Easy beginner watercolor tutorial – Landscape capturing the last light of the day with watercolours 45m
- Exercise: What is the main tonal color used to create the distant hill in the painting?
- Video class: Easy beginner watercolor sunset sky over water lesson.Painting with a limited palette 5 watercolours 38m
- Exercise: How to Avoid Dull Colors in Watercolor Skies?
- Video class: Easy beginner watercolor rocks in the landscape lesson. Simple techniques - creating realistic rocks 38m
- Exercise: What color is used for painting the sky in the demonstration?
- Video class: Easy beginner watercolor landscape lesson – how to add depth in watercolour landscapes. 36m
- Exercise: How do you create depth in a landscape painting?
- Video class: Easy beginner watercolor lesson - white foam on waves and sea painting. Watercolour for new artists 22m
- Exercise: What initial color is recommended for painting sand in a beach scene?
- Video class: Easy beginner watercolor lesson – painting clouds. Simple watercolour painting tutorial step-by-step 24m
- Exercise: What main technique is used to create clouds in painting?
- Video class: Palettes, my watercolor paints and how I use them. Watercolour painting tips for using palettes 23m
- Exercise: Which blue paint is described as a neutral color in the palette?
- Video class: How to paint seashells with wet-on-wet watercolor painting techniques. Easy beginner tutorial. 45m
- Exercise: What is the primary focus in the seashell painting tutorial?
- Video class: Easy wet on wet watercolor tutorial. Painting fall leaves in watercolour. Autumn colors - beginners 25m
- Exercise: What is the initial step in the wet on wet painting technique for autumn leaves?
- Video class: How to paint bright warm sunsets with watercolors without it going green. Sky tips and techniques 48m
- Exercise: How to prevent green tones when painting a sunset sky?
- Video class: How to paint better trees with watercolor landscapes. Easy watercolour tree painting tutorial. 37m
- Exercise: What is a key technique to ensure tree trunks and branches appear balanced in watercolor painting?
- Video class: Painting Grass with watercolor - Ultimate Guide. Thirteen watercolour tips and techniques. 33m
- Exercise: What is the benefit of using a fan brush for painting grass with watercolours?
- Video class: Discoveries from Faraday's Laboratory – with David Ricketts 52m
- Exercise: What was the primary focus of Michael Faraday's early discoveries discussed in the lecture?
- Video class: Watercolor cauliflower, what causes them so you don't! Fixing them. Watercolour tips for beginner. 14m
- Exercise: What condition typically causes watercolour cauliflowers?
- Video class: Cheap Watercolor Paper, is it worth it. Beginner watercolor tutorial tips. Good watercolor paper. 06m
- Exercise: What is a major downside of using cheap watercolour paper?
- Video class: Painting sand easily - watercolor. Step by step tutorial wet sand, damp sand, dry sand, and water. 43m
- Exercise: What color should be used for painting the ocean in watercolor art?
- Video class: Ultimate guide: painting reflections with watercolors. Beginner watercolour reflection tips. 49m
- Exercise: What characteristic distinguishes reflections from shadows in painting?
- Video class: 20 Tips for painting shadows with watercolor and other media. 19m
- Exercise: Why are shadows important in painting?
- Video class: How to wet your watercolor paper. Wet the back and sometimes the front. I tell you why and how. 10m
- Exercise: Why should artists wet the back of watercolor paper?
- Video class: Watercolor landscape painting. Complete step-by-step watercolour painting lesson. Trees, hills, cows 1h18m
- Video class: Full watercolor painting step by step demonstration of a sunset and its reflection on a beach. 52m
- Exercise: What is the main color scheme used in the painting of Town Beach Port Macquarie?
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