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Once you enroll in a course and are signed in, you can click on MY Courses at the top of the page, or, for the Monthly Membership you could also click that and then access the courses by clicking the My Courses on the left middle side.
Each course has information, pdf downloads that you can read, or download and print out, and most have one or more video demonstrations.
With step-by-step instruction, students can work at their own pace to gain confidence. Questions (and finished paintings - I love to see them!) can be posted in the comments at the end of the lesson for quick answers.
Materials needed?
Start with supplies you have now, or click the link to see recommended supplies from Dick Blick Art Company. I like to get the most for my money and only recommend the best materials at the best prices.
Looking For A Special Subject?
Deb will take requests for subjects on her weekly classes as her schedule permits. Whatever subject you like best can be explained and demonstrated in a way that is easy to reproduce with just a little practice.
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.
Courses Included with Purchase
Painting the Light Part 1 - for Intermediate Painters
Bedtime for Baby - Still Life with Antique Charm
$10
Cowgirl and Horse with Loose Background
How to Let Your Color Mix on the Paper
$10
A Path in the Woods - Painting Back lighting
Painting Watercolor Trees Without Sponging
$10
Dark Sky with Bright Lights
Secrets to Applying Different Colors in a Dramatic Sky
$10
Stormy Skies Dramatic and Quick Wet on Wet Watercolor
Excellent Guided Practice for Loosening Up
$10
Spool of Thread - Basic Shadows, Plastic Wrap and Wood Grain
Easy Watercolor Lesson For Beginners
$10
Seascape Basics in Watercolor
Painting, Scrubbing (Toothbrush) and Scraping (Rocks)
$10
Spring Country Road in Watercolor
Tips and Techniques for Simplifying and Painting Road Scenes
$10
Doorway and Shadows for Beginners
Painting Shadows and Scumbling for Texture
$10
10 FREE Watercolor Lessons Beginner To Advanced
How To Paint Watercolor For Beginners
FREE
Red Barn in Snow for Beginners
Easiest Techniques For Beautiful Snow Paintings
$10
White Daisies in Watercolor
Learn While You Paint - Easy Beginner Lesson
$10
Card - Learn to Spatter and Erase Watercolor
How to Paint Smooth Washes
$10
Painting Figures of Your Family in Watercolor
Learn Easy Watercolor Light to Dark
$10
Peggy's Cove For Advanced Painters
Improve and Paint A Seascape in Watercolor
$15
Peggy's Cove - For Beginner to Intermediate Painters
Watercolor Sketch - Simplify the Background
$10
How to Paint Fog in Watercolor Landscapes
Add Fog To Any Landscape For Added Interest
$10
Misty Forest For Beginners
Basic Techniques for Successful Landscapes
$10
Snowy Sunrise - Simplify Complex Landscapes
How to Capture the Mood of a Beautiful Snowy Sunrise
$10
Two Techniques to Improve Watercolor Landscapes
How to use white to push the background back, and saturation to keep the foreground close.
FREE
Still Life (From A Doll House)
Easy Still Life For Beginners
$10
Chickadee in Watercolor for Beginners
Easy, Quick and Successful Watercolor Painting
$10
Glazing Watercolors With Red and White Tulips
No Wet on Wet - Painting Tulips and Background in Layers
$10
Fox in Snow Intermediate Level Watercolor
Layering for Landscapes and Animals
$10
Simple Figures With A Loose Dark Background
Loosen Up for Watercolor At It's Best
$10
Sparkling White Flowers With Wet on Wet
Beginning Guide to White Flower Shading and Leaves
$10
Sponging Watercolor Trees With Masking - Beyond the Basics
Sponging is Good. Sponging with masking is Great!
$10
Basics of Sponging (Painting) Watercolor Trees
How to Sponge Plus Paint Great Tree Trunks
FREE
Watercolor Trees Basics - Tree Shapes and Wet on Wet
Start Here to Learn How To Paint Trees
$10
Strawberry Shortcake - Simplify Complex Subjects
Still Life For Learning Shadows
$10
Let's Paint Dolphins
Practice Graded Wash With Dolphins
$10
Blue Crab for Beginners
Beach Crab With Rocks
$10
Loosen Up With Winter Landscape
Working Wet on Wet Basics for Skies and more
$10
Rose Garden - Basic Watercolor Techniques for Painting Gardens
Quick and Easy Lesson For Beginners
$10
Backlighting With Spring Lamb
Painting White With Color
$10
Snowdrops - Learn Wet on Wet Wash With Masking For Beginners
Masking Shapes and Loose Washes of Color Create A Glowing Painting
$8
Crossing Guard - Rainy Day Street Scene
Introduction to Painting Street Scenes
$10
Kingfisher with Plastic Wrap Background
Loose Fun Background Plus Realistic Subject
$10
Birdhouse and Flowers - Sponging For Beginners
Easy Techniques For Soft Edges in Watercolor
FREE
Teddy Bear With Rainy Window
Paint Simple Furry Bear, Rainy Window and Wood Texture
$10
Go Wild With Chickens - Painting Loose For Beginners
Quick and Easy Jumpstart To Painting Chickens
FREE
Beyond The Basics With Portrait Painting
Mixing Skin Colors and Applying Shadows Wet on Wet
$40
Flower Basics For Watercolor Intermediate Level
Everything You Need To Start Flower Realism
$10
Sunset Sand Dunes in Watercolor
Painting Wet on Wet Washes For Glowing Color
$10
Stone House for Watercolor Beginner
Stone Basics: How To Paint Stones and Rocks in Watercolor
$10
Painting Cowboys Intermediate Level
Wet on Wet for White Horse and White Snow
$10
Tree Frog in Watercolor - Basic Color Mixing and Realism
Fun Frog With Water Drops
$10
Classic Winter Watercolor - Simple Steps For Card or Painting
Easiest Way To Paint Winter Realism
$10
Portrait Basics in Watercolor
How To Mix Skin Tones and Other Basics
$10
Garden Friend - Realistic Roses in 3 Values, Mixing Shadow Color and Birds
Tips and Techniques for Easy Garden Realism
FREE
Lighthouse - Day and Night Version
Tips and Techniques on Rocks, Skies and Water
$10
Hollyhocks with Full Summer Colors
Lush Wet on Wet Background with Limited Palette
$10
Barred Owl - Master Class
Using Watercolor For Serious Paintings
$40
Irish Taxi in Watercolor - Lesson For Advanced Painters
Complete Scene Start To Finish With Stone Walls, Horse and Carriage
$15
Out West - Easy and Effective Techniques For Watercolor Washes and Realism
Painting Is Easy If You Know How
$10
Introduction to Wet on Wet For Beginners
Suggesting Feathers and Foliage With A Cute Owl
$10
Misty Forest With Ferns- Advanced Lesson
How to Adjust Color and Value For Depth In Landscapes
$10
Weaving Two Watercolor Paintings For One Unique Work of Art
Great Results for Any Level of Painting Experience
FREE
Geranium in Watercolor - How to Paint Shadows
Painting Techniques for Beginners Explained
$10
Pears in Window with Spider Webs
Create Drama with Strong Light for Beginners
$10
FREE - Pine Cone in Watercolor for Beginners
Beginners Get Your Feet Wet With This Free Lesson!
FREE
Traditional Stone House and Basic Landscape Techniques
Step by Step Layers and Textures For Easy Trees and Buildings
$10
Mixing Colors With Cantaloupe
Professional Results in Watercolor With A Limited Palette
$15
Lazy River - Watercolor Landscape Techniques
Intermediate Landscape With Composition Tips
$10
Strawberry Patch - Simple Shapes and Complimentary Colors
Realism Made Easy for Beautiful Berry
$10
Watercolor Materials - Good, Bad and Best!
Everything you need to know about watercolor materials and where to get them
FREE
How To Paint Beautiful Trees For Beginners - by Scraping and Sponging
The Secrets To Painting Realistic Trees Quick and Easy
$10
Goldfish and Bubbles With Wet on Wet Background
Easy ways to work wet on wet and wet on dry
$10
Christmas Cards in Watercolor
Scraping Birch Trees, Happy Snowmen
$8
Black Kitten for Soft Edges, Values, and Black
Mix the Perfect Black for Your Palette
$10
Just A Tree - Full Color Realism The Easy Way
How To Do Layering and Soft Edges For Realism
$10
Make Colors Pop Using Complements - Red & Green
Using Complementary Colors for Vibrant Realism - Beginner Level
$10
Winter Moonlight - Snowy Tree for Easy Realism
What Color Is White?
$10
English Robin Quick and Easy For Beginners
The Promise of Spring
$10
Busy Bee - Dark Backgrounds and Soft Edges
Dramatic Watercolor Paintings in Easy Steps
$10
Fall Leaves With Acorns in Watercolor
Full Color Realism For Beginners to Intermediate
$10
Poppy in Glass for Beginners
Painting Red Flowers and Clear Glass
$10
Sailboat Sunset - Mastering The Graded Wash
Secrets To Beautiful Graded Washes The Easy Way
$10
Adding A Figure For Maximum Interest
Wet on Wet River Landscape - Intermediate level
$10
Tomatoes and Lace - Still Life With Juicy Background
How to Paint Glowing Backgrounds and Lace for Intermediate Painters
$10
Learn Watercolor Silhouettes with Sunrise Landscape
Silhouettes are easy and beautiful.
$10
How to Paint a Forest With Snow
Find Your Way In The Watercolor Forest Working Step by Step
$10
Fox and Rocks in Watercolor
Rocks and Fur Step by Step
$10
Simple Barn in Watercolor
Basic Landscape Composition
$10
Sea Shell Painting In Watercolor
Photo-realism Seashell for Beginners and up With Spattering
$10
Rose - Easy Floral + The Secrets to Great Greens
Easy Roses For Beginners
$10
Advanced Watercolor Techniques With Spring Flowers
Spring Flowers Step by Step
$15
Painting A Puppy With Layers
Beautiful Backgrounds, Simple Realistic Eyes and More
$10
Simple and Advanced Step by Step Landscape in Blue and Orange
Simple Landscape Card in Watercolor + Street Scene Advanced Watercolor
$10
Queen Anne's Lace - Sponging on Liquid Masking
Get the Most Out of Your Sponging Skills and Spark Your Creativity
$10
Ladybugs - Fun and Easy for Beginners AND Photo Realistic with Water Spots for Advanced
Watercolor Ladybugs Cards and Fun Painting Techniques
$10
Painting Koi For Beginners
Great for beginners or anyone wanting to 'loosen up' with easy step by step instructions.
$10
Advanced Watercolor Lesson - Cowboy Roping Calf
Advanced Watercolor Techniques in Action
$15
Spray on Watercolor for Beginners
Spraying Creates Unique Blends of Colors
FREE
Butterfly and Thistle
How To Do Glowing Color, Dark Loose Washes and Realistic Thistle
$10
Squirrel - Spattering For Short Fur
Quick and Easy Method for Painting Animals
$10
Montana Barn With Foggy Trees In Snow
Painting Wet on Wet - An Essential Watercolor Skill
$10
Sponging and Salt For Trees and Foliage - Intermediate Level
Secrets For Fast Professional Looking Trees
$10
Learn About Color With Jellyfish for Beginners
Organizing Your Palette and Qor High Chroma Set
$10
Original Price: $971
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
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What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.