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In this course, you will learn :
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How watercolor paints work with the water and so how to use them effectively.
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learn and understand the principle of a color wash.
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How layers of washes of the same color can create shape and shading.
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Students will be able to watercolor paint a three dimensional object.
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How to create highlights and shadows in watercolor paints.
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Through repetition the student will gain confidence with this medium.
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Start at the very beginning and understand the basics of color mixing.
Syllabus :
1. Follow one step at a time and enjoy learning to paint, I'll show you how.
- What this 'Play-cedure' is all About - it's about you having fun for yourself
- Here is what one student wrote about this course and posted it on her blog.
- Here is what you'll need, I've kept it simple.
- The really basic stuff about watercolor paints and how they work
- How much water and how much paint
- A short video about brushes.
2. Let's Start
- Start by Drawing a Very Simple Frame
- Let's Start Painting
- Paint What comes into Your Head
3. Some ideas to make your painting more interesting.
- Get Creative
- You Decide when it's Finished - not me, not your partner, you do
- Doodling or Meditation ?
4. Now Create your First Painting - it's playtime.
- Mixing Greens, a simple recipe because you make it as you want it
- Let's start at the beginning - A is for Apple
- Starting to Paint the Apple
- Adding Depth of Colour and the Shadow
- Finishing
- Now sketch the apple first
- So what have you discovered?
5. Let's Paint more Fruit - because it's fairly easy.
- Cherries
- Lemon
6. Let's paint a bowl to put the fruit in
- Create the bowl
- How to imagine and draw the fruit in the bowl
- Painting the fruit in the bowl
- How to trace an image
7. Paint your own Greeting cards
- Starting with some ideas for Christmas cards.
- Christmas Card Idea - Fir Trees
- Other Christmas card ideas.
- Thanksgiving card idea
- The finished Thanksgiving card idea
- Snowman
8. Start to build your knowledge about watercolour painting
- What are Primary Colors Nicola? Reds and blues
- What are Primary Colors Nicola? Reds and yellows
- How light and how dark can you get your colours ?
- How translucent and staining are your colors/pigments
- Learn to look as well as to paint
- Build your knowledge about all things to do with watercolour painting
- Testimonials
