Watercolor 101 just got a glow-up! 🎨✨ We’ve kept all the favorite exercises you loved from the original, sprinkled in your most-requested lessons, and wrapped it all up into a fresh, inspiring new series. Get ready to dip your brushes into something even more exciting!
🌊 Week 1: Getting Comfortable with Watercolor
Focus: Foundations & Play
Intro to materials: types of paper, brushes, paints, palettes, and water control. Receive your own set of brushes to use and love.
Exercises:
Wet-on-wet vs. wet-on-dry
Creating washes (flat, graded, variegated)
Color mixing basics (primaries, secondaries, neutrals)
Mini Project: Abstract “color play” bookmark or swatch card set (students leave with something small and encouraging).
🌸 Week 2: Building Shapes & Depth
Focus: From Techniques to Simple Forms
Skill focus:
Layering & glazing (waiting between layers for transparency)
Dry brush for texture
Lifting & blending
Practice:
Simple florals & leaves
Geometric shapes (to learn light/shadow with watercolor)
Mini Project: A small floral wreath or still-life sketch with 2–3 objects.
🌅 Week 3: Bringing It All Together
Focus: Composition & Confidence
Skill focus:
Planning a composition
Backgrounds vs. foregrounds
Using negative space
Practice:
Landscape (sky, trees, water, mountains)
Adding details without overworking
Final Project: Each student creates their own small finished piece (a landscape, floral composition, or object of choice).
6/6 Seats available
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