Watercolor painting beginner foundation course how to paint

Produce your own watercolor painting of a beautiful sky landscape,using methods I have developed over 30 years of painting.

Confidently lay down clear water washes and color washes and let them dry properly

You will be able to mix colors on your paper and mix colors on your pallet

You will understand composition,that is the way a picture is constructed so it looks right,there are simple secrets which all artists use to make us like their work such as the golden section

There is a half hour video devoted to the HAKE brush,this shows you by painting a full picture using only the HAKE everything you need to know about it,you will come to love your HAKE,see the free preview video.

Feel confident enough to tackle my other,more advanced courses,

There is very little drawing involved here,the little bit that there is will introduce you to your pencil and putty rubber.

We will also approach art masking fluid,this is dealt with more in other courses,but you will make a start on this fantastic part of watercolour.

Absolutely no experience required,the first free video preview will explain which materials will be required

I use a 1 inch HAKE brush in most of my tutorials, these can be bought for about $5.00 US and are available worldwide

I use student colors in five or eight ml tubes, student colors are more than half the price of Artists colors and look just as nice

In this tutorial we use only 4 colors,these are lemon yellow, ultramarine (blue),alizarin crimson (red) and paynes grey.

I use just two other brushes,a number 1 rigger brush and a number 6 round brush,something similar is fine.

I use A three watercolor card,mine is called Bockingford but the important thing is the weight of the card,you should get one hundred and forty pound or 300 gsm,this figure is always on the front of the pad or in the description on line.

misc, other things,a roll of one inch masking tape,a board to stick your paper to and a soft pencil and putty rubber,all the equipment needed is available to buy online or from your local art supply shop.