Watercolor For The Complete Beginner - Part 2 (Next Steps)

Take your watercolor painting to the next level by learning some easy but essential watercolor techniques.

What you'll learn

How to mix the colors you want

How to compose a great painting from a photo

How to paint wet on dry (a lavender field)

How to paint wet on wet (two sunsets)

How to paint shape to shape (a street scene)

How to use all three methods plus more to paint a waterfall.

Real-time paintings that allow you to see every paint stroke and all the color mixing

Requirements

A little experience with watercolor is helpful but not essential. This is the second course in my series for beginners.

You will need watercolor paper, a small variety of round brushes, watercolor paints (ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, lemon yellow, cadmium yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, burnt siena, raw sienna and white gouache). There's a complete list on a PDF that comes with the course.

All photo references and my finished paintings are provided.

Description

In this course I will show you how to develop your watercolor painting skills. (If you have never painted in watercolors before then also check out my Watercolor for Complete Beginners course Part 1, which is here on Udemy). The course is in 5 sections. The first section is where I show you the materials and equipment you will need. I've kept this to a minimum, so don't worry. There's a PDF to go with the video that contains a checklist and other handy information. I also show you how the paints can be used to mix any color you want.Then I paint four pictures in real-time so you can follow along. It's a bit like looking over my shoulder as I paint. The subjects are lavender fields (wet on dry), a sunset (wet on wet), buildings (shape to shape) and a waterfall. Each painting is broken up into bite-sized sections, so there's no rush and you can take your time. You can watch each video and then paint along, or pause the video at any time and paint. The important thing is to give it a go and paint! That's the best way to learn.Each video shows a different way of painting and is packed with other useful hints and tips. Each of these are important and will give you a useful toolbox of techniques for any painting you do afterwards. By the end of this course you should have improved greatly in your ability and understanding of how to paint in watercolors.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 materials and color mixing

Section 2: Lavender Fields - painting wet on dry

Lecture 2 Composing the painting

Lecture 3 Blocking in the painting

Lecture 4 Adding the details

Section 3: Sunsets - painting wet on wet

Lecture 5 introduction to painting sunsets

Lecture 6 Preparing the paper and color mixing advice

Lecture 7 Painting the first sunset

Lecture 8 Painting the second sunset

Section 4: Buildings - painting shape to shape

Lecture 9 Introduction to this way of painting

Lecture 10 Starting the painting

Lecture 11 Continuing with the painting

Lecture 12 Finishing the painting

Section 5: Waterfalls - painting a complex subject

Lecture 13 Drawing the waterfall

Lecture 14 Starting the painting.

Lecture 15 Finishing the painting

This course is for anyone who wants to start painting in watercolors and for those beginners who want to move to an intermediate level.