Paint Some Grapes, 3 Colours, Lots Of Water, Gain Confidence

This course will REALLY build your confidence to paint without sketching, use a limited palette and LOTS of water.

What you'll learn
Use only three colours and a large brush
Learn how to visualize and paint the shape and the mass of your subject.
Learn to use the bleeds of the colours to advantage
Learn how to create out of the shapes that you want from the marks you are given.
Use watercolour pencils for special effects.
Requirements
Students will need to have done some painting.
Students will need some watercolor paints including alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue and lemon yellow.
Watercolour paper at least 300 gm (140 lbs).
Large paint brush about a number 10,
OPTIONAL : watercolour pencils
Description
UPDATED 2022 - from Best Selling Tutor Nicola Blakemore.Let me present a super quick course that will help you move to a higher level with your watercolour painting progress.This very short course will help you understand the volume of your subject. it's form and encourage you to FREE UP your painting styleAs one of the TOP selling instructors for watercolour painting on this platform, I know what my students need at all the different levels on their painting journey. And one of the comments I hear over and over again is ' I want to paint in a more loose style. Bolder more relaxed and more fluid.' is just one of them. So here is something which will help many of you.Do you want to go beyond 'colouring in?'Drawing an image then painting between the lines?'Copying again and again?Build your CONFIDENCE with your painting?Become more relaxed and let go of control?Then THIS short course is for YOU.You may have been painting with watercolours for a while now, but are ready to raise your game and take your painting to a higher level.It's only painting a bunch of grapes. But take it step by step, and you will see the difference.This course will help you jump ahead. Trust yourself, let go of control, relax and discover the true magic of watercolour.This is a short course so is priced accordingly. Enjoy your painting, love Nicola

Overview

Section 1: How to find your way around this Udemy platform

Lecture 1 Where to find your downloads, ask questions etc

Lecture 2 Why do this course?

Section 2: Let's get painting

Lecture 3 Here is one I painted earlier.

Lecture 4 Let's get started on another version.

Lecture 5 Stage 2

Lecture 6 Stage 3

Lecture 7 Stage 4

Lecture 8 Stage 5 and finishing off.

Lecture 9 More grapes, just a different colour.

Lecture 10 BONUS LECTURE - MORE special stuff JUST for you.

This is for everyone who wishes to explore their creativity with watercolor paints.,For those who wish to loosen up their painting style.,For those who want to use more water with their paints.,For those who wish to build their confidence when they paint.