Watercolour Basics
This free introductory course walks you through all you need to know to begin your watercolour journey
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Chapter 1: Where to start
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Lesson 1: About Watercolour paint
When it comes to paints there are so many options it can be confusing, learn what watercolour paint is, what you should choose and why it matters.
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Lesson 2: All about paper
“Cold pressed, hot pressed, pulp free”, what does it all mean? Learn what you should use and how best to set up to get good results.
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Lesson 3: What you need to know about brushes
Avoid costly mistakes with brushes, learn what you’ll need and what you don’t.
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Chapter 2: Beginning control
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Lesson 1: Paint bubbles practice drill
Learn exercises to develop your control of the flow and colour in your paint palette.
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Lesson 2: Brushstrokes and charging
Develop your understanding the hydrodynamics of watercolour, while you build confidence using brushstrokes.
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Lesson 3: making swatches and getting to know your colours
Learn to swatch your paints and make a reference chart to keep, so that you will always know which colour is which!
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Just watch: Giant swatching
In this video I make a huge number of colour mixtures to explore dozens of paint colours.
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Chapter 3: Techniques for Beginners
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Lesson 1: Washes & simple skies
Laying flat and graduated washes using this simple guide with tips for success and solving problems in your washes. Learn how to begin using these techniques to begin painting skies.
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Lesson 2: Negative painting and glazing
In this lesson you’ll learn about negative painting, or painting around objects to create backgrounds. I will also demonstrate how to successfully paint in layers or glazes.
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further skills: stretching paper
How to stretch watercolour paper for bigger wet in wet projects.
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Meet your instructor
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Meet your instructor ✳
ALEX
Watercolour can be one of the most rewarding and beautiful painting techniques, but it all begins with the basics. You’ll walk through the basic steps of brushstrokes, colour mixing and paint handling to discover how rewarding and fun it can be, laying a foundation for developing your own inspirational art.
What you’ll learn
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Learn what paints and brushes to use, why watercolour paper is important, and how to set up your space.
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How to develop some basic techniques which you can apply to your projects, I’ll explain and demonstrate each one carefully.
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Gain confidence in your painting through a firm foundation of skills.
Course FAQ
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You’ll need watercolour paints, brushes and watercolour paper to get the best out of your painting. To set your space up you’ll need a drawing board and some masking tape or washi tape.
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There’s no doubt that achieving the best results with watercolour is easier if you’ve had some experience before, but the most important thing is to practice regularly to improve your skills.
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I’m working to add more skills videos and tutorial content all the time, so make sure you sign up to the mailing list so that you are notified when a new video is added.