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Paint 2 river scenes in FREE style Watercolor painting .

3.5 hours on-demand video

$ 12.99

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Brief Introduction

Learn how to paint my 2 original watercolor scenes,following easy lessons and step by step videos to improve technique.

Description

A beautiful summers day in Betws y Coed North Wales,what better way of spending a day,sketching these 2 paintings,how lucky to see a heron.The course only requires you to have very basic knowledge in watercolors and basic equipment,I supply a drawing template for both paintings so if you are not confident in drawing you can still do this course.You only need 4 brushes and 6 colors to paint these 2 pics.

David

Art is such a beautiful way to express yourself and as a watercolor artist for over 30 years I can not urge you enough to give painting in watercolors a try,I never get bored with the effects of the colors on my paper,I still learn new techniques in my work every time I paint something,it is such a free and easy medium and it is well worth the time and effort you may invest.

To paint a watercolor picture is to escape into your own little world where nothing else matters and all your problems and worries can be forgotten, at least for a little while.

To give your own watercolor painting as a gift could not be more rewarding,I never get bored with the expression on the face of a friend or family member when I present them with an original watercolor painting which I have painted specially for them.

The medium of watercolor, for me, is the ultimate medium because even as a complete beginner you can achieve many effects using techniques which sometimes you are taught and sometimes you learn by complete accident which we call "happy accidents",such as when one color runs into another color and creates water marks or bleached paper,this is why sometimes I sit and watch the painting paint itself in front of my very eyes.

Of course now and then it does not work out as I wanted it to but all I have lost is a little bit of paint pigment,a piece of watercolor paper and a little time so I put that piece of paper to one side and start again!

Too many people have a go at painting with watercolors and think that they have to produce a perfect painting every time and they overwork the piece,desperate to get a finished painting to hang on their wall and of course they end up with a mess,get dispirited and give up announcing that they will never be an artist and so never paint again.

I would like to show these people the hundreds of watercolor paintings that didn't work out for me because without making mistakes you can't improve.I keep all my paintings good and bad and I look at the failures quite often,in these failed paintings there is quite often a part of the painting that I really like and I try to remember which technique,which colors I used,which brush made a particular mark on the paper so I can use these same techniques in my future watercolor paintings.

If I was stranded on a desert island,my watercolor kit would be the first thing I would wish for.

Requirements

Requirements
In this course we use the HAKE brush mostly,if you are not familiar with this fantastic brush there is a free half hour video in the preview section,here I paint a complete picture using only my HAKE brush.
We also use a number five round brush or similar and either a number 2 or 4 rigger brush (thin)
Just 6 color are used,I always use student colors in tubes,these are less than half the price of Artists colors and I find them great,the colors I used here are,Raw sienna,alizarin crimson,burnt sienna,ultramarine and lemon yellow.
I always use A three size watercolor card,when buying it look for 140 pound or 300 gsm on the pack,this tells you that it is robust paper and you can put lots of water on it,I use a make called Bockingford.
You will need a 2b pencil and a putty rubber,some masking tape and a board to stick down your watercolor paper
we use masking fluid quite a lot in this tutorial and it is covered extensively
I will show you how to use tracedown papper to get the outline for your drawings if you need it,this is a technique used by professional artists for years

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