Christmas Cards in Watercolor
Scraping Birch Trees, Happy Snowmen
Learn new skills the relaxed way, with cards!
Practice on scrap paper for a lovely card to show you family and friends.
Learn how to Scrape Birch Trees
Scraping color out on on watercolor washes can give you professional looking trees in seconds.
This technique can be used in serious watercolor paintings, too!
Also, Happy Snowman - With Improved Wash
(This is also in the free lessons group, but here with better ways to apply the background wash in the written instructions.)
Even if you've never painted in your life, these cards are easy and simple.
Use Your Snowmen Wisely!
Adding a snowman to any winter landscape will add so much interest and charm.
Your Instructor
Hi, I'm Deb Watson - a self taught artist and long time watercolor teacher
My story is simple.
I loved drawing from childhood, but was discouraged from art as a waste of time. So, I became a nurse, worked at a lot of hospitals and raised a family. But I kept painting.
Over time, I became better at the realism I loved, and just kept working toward improving through painting and self-study. I've always enjoyed painting scenes from my life and small town community (which I call my Small Town America series).
My paintings are not usually famous or majestic subjects, often they're just everyday stuff I see around. But I see so much beauty there, and show it to the rest of the world by painting it.
Now, my watercolors have been in exhibits and won awards across the nation. Yet, it's when my art connects me to other people that it's really done what I wanted, and teaching certainly does that!
Happy Painting.