April 30th, 2016
Watercolor Class Preview: How to paint liquid without breaking a sweat. Why a "compositional rough" is worth sketching before painting a single stroke. Watercolor techniques for painting glass and subtle reflections. How to paint shadows and highlights for lemons, which tend to be reflective. Why adding a simple background can make a lot of sense when painting glass. How to mix colors for bringing out fine details. Paints On The Palette (Holbein Artists' Watercolors) Cadmium Yellow Light Aureolin Cadmium Yellow Orange Cadmium Red Deep Permanent Alizarin Crimson Opera Ultramarine Deep Cobalt Blue Cerulean Blue Peacock Blue Payne’s Grey Neutral Tint Paper: Arches 140-pound coldpress watercolor...
Categories: All Lessons , Advanced LessonsAugust 8th, 2015
Watercolor Class Preview: Steve Curl gives a live lesson to a live audience, complete with questions from the audience Learn about composition and design and how to get the best out your rectangular paper space Learn about the golden mean and how its guidelines can help you decide on the composition of your painting Learn about the beginner shape mistakes to avoid Learn about viewfinders and how they can help you when planning and capturing your painting Learn about the benefits of being a plein air painter, which is painting directly from nature How to create a thumbnail sketch to...
Categories: Beginner Lessons , Technique Lessons , All LessonsDecember 11th, 2014
Watercolor Class Preview: How to use squirt bottles and spray bottles for special effects How to thin out watercolor paint How to mix ocean colors How to plan an abstract composition without sketching How to plan your points of interest by marking thirds on your paper's edges Why a dot in the center of your paper helps guide composition How to negative paint How to soften and blend edges with a spray bottle When to tilt your canvas for special effects When to let paint dry before continuing How to use damp paper to your advantage How to paint splashing waves How to...
Categories: Technique Lessons , Beginner Lessons , All LessonsDecember 28th, 2017
Watercolor Techniques Class Preview: How to copy an oil painting using watercolor. How to paint Monets famous Sunset painting. How to paint a close-up of water and waves. How to sketch and color different sections of the whole art piece and how they are all combined. How to manipulate colors to give your painting more emotion. How to paint while understanding eye-level and perception of the viewer and the art piece. How to fix mistakes and remove watercolor when you mess up. How to create reflections of objects in the water. How to understand the difference between sea and sky...
Categories: Beginner Lessons , All Lessons