Watercolor Specialization: From Beginners Sketches to Compelling Artworks

Course summary

• M1: Introduction and Influences

  • Introduction

  • Inspiration / Laura McKendry

  • Inspiration / Julia Trickey

  • Inspiration / Sarah Stokes

  • Inspiration / Urban Anna

  • Inspiration / Emma Thrussell

  • Inspiration / Reha Sakar

• M2: Playing and Practicing with Watercolor

  • Art Fundamentals and Visual Language

  • Introducing the Materials

  • Dancing with Your Brushes

  • Taking Your Paintbrush for a Walk

  • Flurry Burry

  • Watercolor Techniques

  • Mixing and Matching Colours

  • Painting Textures

  • Values and Layering

  • Gradients and Lighting

  • Color Palettes

• M3: Creating Playful Illustrations

  • Abstracted Aviary

  • Diving into Discord

  • Playful Collage 1

  • Playful Collage 2

• M4: Urban Watercolor: Perspective and Shading

  • The Materials

  • Why Urban Illustration Never Gets Boring

  • Perspective and Shading

  • Working with Watercolor

  • Painting Brickwork and Pavement

  • Choosing a Shopfront

  • The Sketch Phase

  • Drawing with Fineliner

  • The Coloring Stage: Layering and Larger Surfaces 1

  • The Coloring Stage: Layering and Larger Surfaces 2

  • The Coloring Stage: Brickwall and Details

  • Finishing Touches

• M5: Painting a Fruit

  • Observational Drawing

  • Masking Fluid

  • Initial Layers 1

  • Initial Layers 2

  • Adding Textures

  • Finishing Touches

  • Adding the Background and Adjustments

• M6: Painting a Horse

  • Tonal Values

  • Gridding

  • How to Use Watercolour to Build Tone 1

  • How to Use Watercolour to Build Tone 2

  • Painting the Horse 1

  • Painting the Horse 2

• M7: Color, Texture and Shadow: Animal Practices

  • First Approach to Colour 1

  • First Approach to Colour 2

  • Painting a Loose Colourful Study

  • Painting the Fox

  • Colour Mixing

  • Full Colour Palette

  • Masterclass in Texture and Shadow 1

  • Masterclass in Texture and Shadow 2

  • Masterclass in Texture and Shadow 3

  • Masterclass in Texture and Shadow 4

• M8: Expressive Monochrome Watercolor

  • Watercolor Techniques

  • The Sketch

  • First and Second Wash

  • The Midtones

  • The Fisherman and Final Details

• M9: Expressive Sunset Scene

  • Value Studies and Line Work

  • First Wash and Buildings

  • The Electric Poles

  • The Wires and Final Touches

• M10: The Stag

  • First Layer 1

  • First Layer 2

  • Second Layer 1

  • Second Layer 2

  • Finishing Touches

• M11: Creating a Character

  • Generating and Sketching a Character

  • Refining and Transferring the Sketch

  • Painting in Watercolours 1

  • Painting in Watercolours 2

  • Painting in Watercolours 3

  • Adding the Last Details

• M12: Sharing the Painting

  • Composition Ideas

  • Framing Your Work

  • Sharing the Artwork Online

• Final project

  • Watercolor Specialization: From Beginners’ Sketches to Compelling Artworks