Montana Barn With Foggy Trees In Snow

Painting Wet on Wet - An Essential Watercolor Skill

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Skill level: Intermediate / Avg. Time: 2 - 3 hours


Essential Skills You'll Learn In This Lesson

  • Painting wet on wet is an essential watercolor skill. In this lesson, you'll get plenty of guided practice and see first hand how the amount of water and paint make different effects.
  • Limited palette - Find which colors work best and how to mix red, yellow and blue for the whole range of hues you'll want for your painting. Using a limited palette of only three colors will automatically give your painting a professional look!
  • Masking - When working wet, masking makes the job so much easier. Perfect straight lines are a snap when you save the barn roof with masking tape and it only takes minutes.
  • Scraping - Scraping out far away trees is quick and easy with a little practice and good quality paper. This lesson includes a brief scraping demo, but for more info check out my youtube video. (And please subscribe to my youtube channel to never miss a new video)
  • Lifting out - rewet and dab or use Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser (available in your neighborhood grocery store in the cleaning aisle.)
  • Spattering - for falling snow

Materials:

  • Paint - Cobalt or Ultramarine Blue, any Red, Yellow and opaque white (I recommend Pro White by Daler Rowney)
  • Paper - good quality paper is recommended
  • Brushes - this can be done with any brushes
  • Misc. - masking tape, backboard to place paper on, paper towels, Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser, razor blade, hair dryer (for people like me who can't stand to wait)



Your Instructor


Deb Watson
Deb Watson

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.



Course Curriculum


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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.

I hope your painting turned out great! If you'd like to share your work in this lesson, email it to me at [email protected] and I'll add it to the student paintings. If you have any questions, comments or need help, just comment on this lesson and I'll get back to you shortly. Your satisfaction is important to me.

Feel free to share your painting online, show it at art shows, or sell the painting or prints. Many students paint to fit in inexpensive, easy to use mat sets and sell their work. Student Sue recently earned a First Place on her painting at the county fair.

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