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Welcome to Part 4
In this lesson we begin to play with colour. You’ll find a wealth of information here about how to mix colours and I hope this will help you to understand how to get the colour you want. There will be more about this in future issues. You can print off a handy squares template onto watercolour paper for your colour swatches.
You will find the fourth divider in this Part - abstract. So far all your pages have been in the first section - materials and techniques - but you will find another page today which is blue and files in the abstract section.
And finally there’s also another painting exercise for you to do if you have time - the Eight Squares Exercise. Click on the link below to download it.
The video clips show how to mix colours wet in wet, and how to paint the all important colour wheel.
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Here’s what’s in Part 4:
mixing colours together
how to avoid mud
wet in wet colour mixing
try an abstract colour painting
print your next section divider
print a colour wheel
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Download and print the
Eight Squares Exercise
This is an additional exercise that is fun, relaxing and really useful to do!
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What next?
I hope you have enjoyed your Free introduction to the Watercolour Course. There is plenty more to come - in fact there are 32 parts in total. You can get Part 5 today, and then the rest of the course sent to you at two weekly intervals, by signing up NOW.
Here’s a reminder of what you can learn in the remainder of the course:
The watercolour course is divided into 12 sections. Each section comes with its own divider, some of which you have already received, so that you can file it away in a ring binder. From issue 5 onwards you will receive a variety of subjects in each two-weekly lesson, and you simply print these off and file them under the appropriate section.
Here below is a summary of what you will learn:
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landscape
The landscape course is covered in several ways. We look at painting clouds(from sunny skies to storm clouds), trees (in the distance and up close, all types and in all seasons) , water (including handling reflections, lakes, waterfalls and seas) and foregrounds (simple, rocky, beaches, roads and grassland). There are also lessons on painting snowy scenes, capturing sunlight and mist, adding people to our landscape and painting flower gardens.
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abstract
Abstract painting may be new to many people, but it is included in this course because it has so much to teach us about the way we see the world. It brings a freedom and allows the inner artist out! We look at many ways of abstracting from the real world around us and how to let our imaginations run free.
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design
Design is one of the fundamentals of painting. This section covers a wealth of information and exercises to help you design brilliant pictures. We look at the basic rules of composition over a number of issues and have a go at drawing, painting and designing with them. There is also a series on understanding and using tone (value) to enhance a painting. This part of the course is full of essential information, but is also highly practical, with lots of hands on exercises to have a go at.
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buildings
Buildings crop up in so many paintings, either as part of the background, or as the main subject themselves. In this section we learn how to paint walls, doors, windows and rooftops by following step-by-step painting demonstrations.
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figure and animal
The thought of putting people and animals into a painting fills many painters with horror, but in this section you will learn how to do it - simply and easily. We look at how to paint people and animals in quick simple ways, and the progress on gently to more detailed representations. We see how to make them fit seamlessly into our paintings and how we can use them to ‘tell a story’.
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still life
The painting techniques covered in this section are often linked to the texture demonstrations. Subjects covered range from flowers (in all shapes and colours), to a plate of sea food! Along the way we also look at such things as how to paint shiny and dull pots, and how to render delicate white feathers.
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drawing
The drawing course will help everyone to draw better. The course gives useful tips on how to see and then how to draw what we see. Eight different techniques are described that will help you to accurately capture what is in front of you. The course also includes information on what to put into a painting and what to leave out. There is also a series of studies on perspective.
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colour
Using colour is one of the absolute joys of painting, and in this section we look at colour in all it’s glory! The lessons build on one another and move from understanding the language of colour, through to an understanding of how to use harmonious and clashing colours, warm and cool, high and low key, bright saturated colour and muted neutrals. We look at the local colour of objects and the colour of shadows. I love this part of the course!
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texture
Do you know how to capture the look of bark on a tree, or a shiny surface, or cloth? Can you paint hair and fur, or rust, or copper? Have you ever used salt or cling film or soap to enhance a painting? This section will show you how to paint these and many more textures.
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portrait
Portrait painting is covered in easy steps, so that you can build up your skills and confidence. This section of the course deals with drawing faces and painting skin, hair and all the facial features, so that you will have ability to paint any portrait.
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profiles
During the course I will introduce you to several other professional watercolour artists who will share their insights with us and will demonstrate their skills.
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Get access to my SKETCHING TIPS website, packed with ideas,
It’s FREE with Part 5 of the watercolour course
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Coming up in Part 5:
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print your next section divider
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painting colours and tones with
a step by step demonstration
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